Alternative Keyboard?

[<ABX]

I am having problems with my hands and wrists and am wondering if there are any more comfortable, ergonmic keyboard designs, that are under $100 (theres no way im gonna buy a $1200).

My keylogs on my system are about 170kb (raw key strokes) is that too much to be typing in a day?

[dglienna]

make sure that your wrists are positioned correctly when typing.
I've tried the ergo keyboard, and I don't like them.
Being a pianist, I naturally hold my wrists at a comfortable position. having a wrist support also helps.
I'm sure that I've played more than 170K in a day. On the piano, probably in a few hours!

[whothis]

done it again

[whothis]

Isn't there a foot pedals thing out now, sure there is my wifes computer has a option in control panel xp pro..?

If not why not make one with a mouse just a thought

theres's also software were you can navagate and type by the means of speech .

I used it a lot when i was single ,now with the kids it gets a bit confused with the commands,in fact the kids were trying to match my voice to see if they could hack my computer lol.

oh they wernt the days .

Good luck

Paul

[Ideas Man]

The Microsoft Natural keyboard wouldn't be that expensive, if you can find it, being something like 6+ years old in the design.

[dglienna]

that's the one that i can't stand. make sure you try it before you buy it, but that's why i believe that they aren't still in production, and none of the computer makers have used them for all of their systems that they sell.

[Ideas Man]

It's not that bad. Once you get using it, it's really quite good. I had to stop though because i got my new keyboard which isn't an ergo one, that and most of the keyboards aren't ergos either, but for personal use, typing lots once you've been using it for a while and used to it, it is very good.

[mendhak]

I don't think that typing that much would pose any sort of a problem, if you consistently take tiny breaks to stretch your arms and palms outwards. There are several exercises for this that greatly reduce the stress caused.

All that hype about ergonomic keyboards is utter bull****.

If you're looking for an easier, faster way to type, I think I once came across a keyboard that was attached to the handles of a chair. Half on the left arm, and half on the right arm. The keyboards themselves were perpendicular to the plane of the arms, in the most natural posture our arms take when sitting down.

This way you only need to rest your arms and tap away at the half-keyboards.

Does anyone know which one I'm talking about?

[Dave Sell]

I saw an article about a laser-keyboard. I swear I'm not making this up.

It projects a mini laser-light show onto your table-top. What you see is a red laser drawing of a keyboard. You then touch the table-top at each key and you are typing!

I'll look around to see if I can find it again.

[Dave Sell]

Sure enough:

http://www.overclockersclub.com/?read=7328384
http://www.canesta.com/products.htm
http://www.brighthand.com/article/iBiz_Releasing_Virtual_Keyboard_Soon

[Dave Sell]

The mfg:

http://www.vkb-tech.com/

[dglienna]

that would not be good for extensive use if the keyboard is lower than your wrists. plus, resting wrists on table would not feel too good after a while.

[Ideas Man]

I saw that on some computer show, they are not any good at the present time. They require dark lighting to be used, highly prone to error and not exactly ergonomically designed, bashing your fingers on a desk isn't all too good for your fingers either.