<story><title>An accessible one-handed keyboard, inspired by FrogPad</title><url>https://www.kianryan.co.uk/2024-02-16-one-handed-accessible-keyboard-inspired-by-frogpad/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gtrevorjay</author><text>I can&amp;#x27;t imagine another cocktail party where my own one handed keyboard would be relevant, so here it is:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;trevorjay&amp;#x2F;Handler&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;trevorjay&amp;#x2F;Handler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s chorded, (based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ardux.io&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ardux.io&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; layout), but I don&amp;#x27;t think chorded is really that hard to learn if you&amp;#x27;re actually willing to give it a week or two (which you have in any situation where you &lt;i&gt;need&lt;/i&gt; a one hander).&lt;p&gt;The key (ha) I&amp;#x27;ve found is that you want the keys to be as easy to press as possible while providing feedback. The Twiddler, &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twiddler.tekgear.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twiddler.tekgear.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; , is great for this as it uses light tact switches, but it has reliability issues.&lt;p&gt;This is a great project. Of all my one-handed experience, I never got to try a FrogPad because of the expense. Having a software implementation of the FrogPad is awesome.</text></comment>
<story><title>An accessible one-handed keyboard, inspired by FrogPad</title><url>https://www.kianryan.co.uk/2024-02-16-one-handed-accessible-keyboard-inspired-by-frogpad/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Syzygies</author><text>I have experience with both the FrogPad and the Matias Half Keyboard (I paid $95; now $595). The Frogpad never caught on with me.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;matias.store&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;half-keyboard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;matias.store&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;half-keyboard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Matias Half Keyboard is based on a theory that our minds mirror each hand, so by holding the space bar to access the missing half keyboard, we already know what to do. I was skeptical. Recognizing that we&amp;#x27;re modal (do we even recognize that telephone keypads and numeric keypads are different, or do we just use them without thinking?) I decided to learn Dvorak on the half keyboard while continuing to use QWERTY on my full keyboards.&lt;p&gt;One day, on a lark, I tried Dvorak on a full keyboard. I could, easily. The mirror theory holds.</text></comment>