this is a steno keyboard from nolltronics. there is a qwerty layer, but I only use it for games really.
most people do not have the interest in learning a lot of steno theory, but what I want to make/gauge normie perception on is one half of a steno keyboard and use this dictionary:
https://github.com/Abkwreu/plover-left-hand-modifiers/blob/main/README.md
this dictionary allows every shortcut (and almost every key) to be typed in two strokes and using only the left hand with a 10-key keyboard.
there is actually very little memorization needed. just some additional letters that are not shown mostly.
numbers are in binary, so you need to know how that works, but once you do, you can enter f-keys/numpad/numbar. you have arrow keys too.
for example (each pic/cluster is one press, you have a good bit of time to press): https://i.imgur.com/7UICbye.png
i don’t really care about keyboard shortcuts anymore because they are all almost the same difficulty to input.
Looks nice. Could you theoretically program on one of these. Sorry might be a stupid question. I’m new to the topic
yeah you can, and I do. plover also has a key/letter entry “layer” if you don’t know the chord or if its not in the dictionary. so I have two ways to enter single letters for any thing i forget basically. my key entry speeds are slow, but about average bad typist (20-30 wpm). it will get a little faster over time, but I don’t really practice it at all.
the way plover works, you can think of each key/key combination release (plover sends on key up, not down) as a 1- 2 second temp layer that will default to a common word when released most of the time.
so for example, there is an “inter” layer where if you press SPWER, release it, you then have about a second to enter any other command that would be in that layer, which is mostly words that start with “inter”. by default, the word enter comes out, but you still have the time to press the next chord.
the fingerspelling layer is just holding the middle key with your right hand and pressing another few keys with your left hand to get a letter. this is a separate layer from the one linked in my post. that layer you press TKPWHR first, and then mostly the same letters from the fingerspelling layer in the previous example.
a new layer is just any combination of buttons that does not output anything already, and then I can add any other word/command/letter thats in the dictionary or add a new word.