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From: tonl@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Ton 't Lam CRC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Keyboards (Re: HP-95LX Review)
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Date: 21 May 91 08:01:56 GMT
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Organization: HP-Sales Office-The Netherlands
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Subject: Velotype keyboard

Talking about keyboards.  I saw some years ago a very innovating
keyboard called the 'velotype'.  The trick was that syllables are
type in one stroke.  The layout of the keyboard is that the
vowels are in the center of the keyboard and the consonants on
the left and right side.  Now typing a words like 'new'.  You
press simultaneously the letters 'n', 'e' and 'w', and voila
ready.  The word 'thing' goes in the same way.  Press 't', 'h',
'i', 'n' and 'g'.  The trick is that the micro processor checks
the syntax.  There will be no word starting with 'ht' so it must
be 'th'.  'gn' is possible (i.e.  sign), so you have to type 'ng'
in the normal way.  The net result is you can type at speaking
speed.  I remember this 'velotype' will do fine in Dutch,
English, German and French.  For some reason this neat keyboard
was not recognized by the computer compagnies.

Ton 't Lam.