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Unlike other chorded keyboards I've seen[1], this one seems to take an Xbox-y approach using directional modifiers (default layout: https://docs.charachorder.com/_images/CCEnglish2.png )

> CharaChorder One's 3-D switches (5-way tactile) detect multi-directional movement rather than the 1-D switches used by a traditional typewriter/keyboard.

I am 100% positive it would be awesome for someone who used it all the time but I, personally, cannot talk[2] and translate into computere-ese at the same time. Trying to use ViaVoice in college drove me crazy because of trying to activate those two separate mental pathways simultaneously, so I ended up just switching to Dvorak which along with other ergo modifications fixed my hand pain

It seems to be $250 + s/h https://www.charachorder.com/collections/store/products/cc2 or CC-BY-SA-CR https://github.com/CharaChorder/CAD-CAM/blob/1f833ca40b5dcc1...

ed I also found a review of it from a vim user https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxCm86IbLok and holy shit this has 100% been my experience with almost every Discord support experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxCm86IbLok&t=680 Plus, only by making it all the way to the end of the video did I realize that only the *CAD* files are open source, the firmware is closed source and, apparently, ragingly shitty. Hard pass.

1: my first contact was with Twiddler

2: in this specific context, "talk" includes the subvocalization that I just seemingly cannot get rid of. Even typing this out I am essentially just writing what the voice in my head is saying :(

The Harite keyboards are another example you may like that feature 5-way switches.

https://github.com/dlip/harite

https://github.com/dlip/harite-v2

Thanks for bringing that up! I like that it appears to have a more sane license, too

But, I'll be honest: from just the YouTube video it seems like those strong magnets make this much closer to what I'd want from a portable keyboard. I have very, very grave concerns about where I'd put my phone to keep it away from the magnets, but otherwise it seems right up my alley

Terrible video, really interesting device.

Everyone is a youtube/tiktok videographer now, yet somehow people fail to create a compelling video. Why is the mic there? Perhaps a simple gimmick like ducktape over the mouth?

> Perhaps a simple gimmick like ducktape over the mouth?

He has a beard, the removal process would be extremely painful.