INTERFACE {was SGML, XML and SML, ugh!}

[Jerome McDonough]

At 02:43 PM 12/2/99 -0500, Vane Lashua wrote:
>Around the same era that the mouse emerged, there was on the market a
>single-handed(?) encoding device whose speed was about the same as querty. I
>think I saw it in Byte. Anybody seen one lately?
>

Yes, they're alive and well.  The Twiddler (gotta love the name) is probably
the best known, as they've been written up a few times as the keyboard of
choice
for the people at MIT developing wearable computing gear.  See
www.handykey.com
for more info.  Other one-handed chording keyboards
available include CyKey from Bellaire Electronics (www.bellaire.demon.co.uk),
the 
MonoManus from ElmEntry Enterprises (www.hankes.com/eee/index.htm) and the
Bat Personal Keyboard (www.infogrip.com).  Prices for these are typically
in the $150 - $200 U.S. range.

With practice, people using one handed chording keyboards can usually get
typing speeds approaching 60 wpm, which is about the low-end of professional
touch-typing speeds on QWERTY boards.


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