Has Your Keyboard Got Too Many Keys?

In this video I go into some detail about the layout I'm using on my 16 key keyboard. It has taken me a while to get to this point and I think there are now very few barriers to this keyboard being able to sustain pretty fast typing.

The main thing that makes this layout so unusual is the way we deal with using two layers for the alpha keys. This issue is more complicated than it first seems due to needing to use shifted and non-shifted versions of keys on both layers. I think I have eventually come up with a mechanism that seems to work pretty well.

If you are interested in building your own totally custom keyboard you should watch this video next:    • “The REAL Ergonomic Keyboard Endgame!...  

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Contents:
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0:00 Titles
0:11 Intro & Background
3:31 What it Feels Like to Type on
4:35 Dealing With Two Alpha Layers
6:21 Thumb Keys
7:03 The System Layer
9:24 Switching Layers
11:31 Dealing With Capital Letters
13:29 Mouse Emulation
14:25 Symbol And Number Layers
15:33 Punctuation Keys
16:10 Next Steps: Repeat Key & Alpha 2 Caps
17:53 How Fast Will it Go?
18:20 Thumb Key Position
19:20 Summary