Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce!trlluna!shiva!soh From: soh@shiva.trl.oz (kam hung soh) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: One-handed keyboards (was Re: Efficient Keyboards) Message-ID: <2353@trlluna.trl.oz> Date: 16 Oct 90 23:28:28 GMT References: <1990Oct15.224911.16099@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Sender: news@trlluna.trl.oz Lines: 22 This thread reminded me of an alternative keyboard for one-hand use. The keyboard had seven keys (I think) laid out in a semi-circle corresponding to the position of the fingertips of a splayed right hand. The thumb would be used to press one of two or three keys. Characters were entered by pressing keys that roughly corresponded to the shape of English letters. The keyboard was sold in Australia for about A$700.00, and included some memory. I guess because of the price, it didn't sell well. I wonder if it is the same as the Dutch invention Marcel mentioned. I also wonder if this is the same as some British invention in the late 70's which could also connect to a television for simple wordprocessing. Could anyone refer me to any article which has this keyboard and a bit of technical information about it? I've fiddled around with the idea for a while, but I couldn't deduce the mapping just from my finger positions. I tried to do a literary search, but I couldn't explain the idea to my librarian. What would "computer keyboards" be classified under? ------ Soh, Kam Hung email: h.soh@trl.oz.au tel: +61 03 541 6403 Telecom Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 249, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia