Lalboard – A 3D-printed keyboard inspired by the DataHand

Have you tried eye control of the cursor?

The below link is software that came up in internet search to check if eye tracking was in fact a thing:

https://precisiongazemouse.org/

Thanks! :)

It does technically require chording, but honestly not much more than a normal keyboard. Just a few extra "shift" keys, more or less. And normal textual input is pretty much all non-chorded.

I'm a tiny bit biased, of course, but I do find it quite usable. Even (or especially!) for gaming. But yeah, I've been using a datahand, and then later my lalboard as my primary keyboard at home and work for probably going on 15 years now.

I thought the same thing - xda + jesusfreke+usb mini is massive nastalgia.

Found an old thread to take you back: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/modified-rc30-full-versio...

If folks remember one of the first hacks on the g1 was the physical keyboard actually sending keystrokes to the terminal (which allowed to enable SU)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_(Android)#Rooting_thro...

I still have a G1 around somewhere rocking JFMod v1.51! :D

I've had similar issues switching until I landed on trying a Kinesis Freestyle. It's a qwerty layout but separates the two halves of the keyboard and lets you "tent" them for a more ergonomic angle.

Extremely minimal switching time between it and a standard fixed keyboard.

I found that once you get use to the other keyboard your muscle memory will automatically kick in and readjust depending if you're on a standard keyboard or a split.

I guess it's a personality thing. I actually love that whole experience - both when I switched to dvorak on a normal keyboard, and then again when I switched to a datahand.

I love the process of developing muscle memory, the mindless repetition, and that feeling of improvement. And especially once it really starts to click, and your fingers start going on autopilot.

If you want something to make it a bit less of a drudge, you can take a look at the Amphetype software, which lets you retype ebooks -- so you can basically read a book while practicing typing it.

You get a gold star :D

Yeah, it's in the works :)

The vinyl cut thing was super useful during the prototype stage, while things were still in flux, and the much shorter turnaround time was advantageous. Although it turned out to be a little side-project all its own, so not entirely sure if it was worth it. But it was a fun side-project none-the-less. And that's what counts in my book, at least!

As someone that owns a 3d printer, I'd guess that was a filament that went either old or unused for too long. Ideal for personal projects where you don't care, or that you might want to post-process anyway (sand/paint).

Happens frequently when you buy a roll of a hard-to-use color, such as this.

By experience I can say that most bright colors would look bad on a project such as this. Bright colors are fine only in very specific circumstances, or for highlights.

In almost every other case, a desaturated color looks better. Off-white and dark-grey are my most-used colors.

It was a matter of many months, although not 100% all the time on it. I started with trying different designs for a single "down" key mechanism, then just kept broadening the scope - creating a single "cluster" of 5 keys and doing a little proof of concept with the electronics on it. Figuring out the thumb mechanisms.. figuring out the handrest, and the adjustable cluster mounting mechanisms, etc. I wouldn't say there was any particular "failed approach" per say, just a lot of little failed design details along the way, that were changed/improved over the course of the design.

It would probably take me about 40 hours (of me time - not including 3d printing, etc.) to make one from scratch at this point. For someone trying to figure it out for the first time, I would double or triple that at least. But once I finish some design tweaks I've been working on, which include some actual fabbed pcbs, it shouldn't be as bad.

It would be pretty easy with a keyboard like this - just add a key that, while held, activates a seperate layout.

There used to be a thing called a FrogPad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrogPad

There are always chorders for that. I use a DIY'd chorder similar to an Infogrip BAT sometimes - I'm much slower and have a higher error rate on it than on my split QWERTY setups (which typically have a trackball sitting between the halves), which see more use, but it's damn alluring.

Doesn’t look very related? Aside from being ergonomic I mean.