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These are the second loudest keyboards I've ever used. The first loudest plays a sound on every keypress (a loud typewriter keypress), with the sound instead changing to me yelling "DING!" whenever that key is <enter>. This is done in software, and I'm certain everyone who's ever had a hand in writing it regrets it.

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Not sure why you're being voted down. That's the reality of this keyboard [1]. It's the loudest keyboard I've ever used, besides a (hardware) typewriter. It's ludicrous loud, compared to something like a modern notebook keyboard. Just as I did when I had it, and others did to me, everyone else in the room will be driven crazy with the typing. This keyboard requires being alone in a room, with a door.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXJzmky2DaI

I have a vague memory of setting up a Windows 3.11 machine at my dad's office to emit typewriter clacking from the PC speaker on keypress - and a separate carriage return ding for the enter key...I'm sure no one was annoyed!

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