I couldn't see till the end of the video https://youtu.be/SPoOlYWcCvU , but it is the kind of nerd things that I love in the Internet
Svalboard: Datahand Lives
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Re: Svalboard: Datahand Lives
#12As an extremely happy Glove80 user (Sunaku's Engrammer layout for those curious), I will watch this keyboard's career with great interest. I can definitely see it in my future (the Glove80's were recent enough (first one a couple years ago, and one more recent for home use) that unfortunately it would be an irrational purchase to make now)
__BUT__ say I wanted to ditch a KVM switch for some reason, and set up a second workstation at home...
My one complaint for the glove80 is it feels like it was made for someone's hands that are __a little__ larger than mine (I do have some sausage stubbs), so the adjustable clusters are interesting to me! However, I do also have an Azeron Cyborg II at home, which uses a similar idea, the clusters on that __do__ adjust, but at the smallest adjustment its still kind of uncomfortable for me; any small-small-hand users have experience reports with this one?
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#13> Big hands? Small hands? Wonky finger lengths? Broke a pinky when you were three and now it's all janky? We've got you.
Cut half your right thumb off on a table saw? Ah, OK, enjoy your conventional keyboard :)
Re: Svalboard: Datahand Lives
#14Looks interesting, although it's far, far away of my price point for a custom keyboard.
Niche products don't benefit from Economies of Scale, so this is par for the course, my glove80's were about $600 a piece
Re: Svalboard: Datahand Lives
#1565 WPM shown on the video seems low, not good for a demo video. I wonder if somebody speedier on a normal keyboard can type faster using the Svalboard.
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#16Oh man, Datahand, resurrected! Datahands are amazing. With mere twitches of the finger you can hit any key on the keyboard. I saved up for months while in college and bought a used one. 25 yrs ago they were $1,200... minimum wage was like $4/hr... so... it was "intended for insurance companies to pay" level of money. If you have either RSI or just love experiencing new ways to do things, Datahand is amazing, and Sval…
Better IMHO. The integration of pointing devices, especially the trackballs really changes the game.
You really just never take your hands off the keyboard, everything is in nice close range, etc. :)
Re: Svalboard: Datahand Lives
#17> Big hands? Small hands? Wonky finger lengths? Broke a pinky when you were three and now it's all janky? We've got you. Cut half your right thumb off on a table saw? Ah, OK, enjoy your conventional keyboard :)
If it's only half. There's a chance it'll work :). You can mount a finger cluster up as a thumb cluster if you want. A custom bracket to get it to the right spot. Not totally infeasible :)
But as with all things adaptive and ergo, it depends on the nature of the injury, etc, etc, etc.
Re: Svalboard: Datahand Lives
#18As an extremely happy Glove80 user (Sunaku's Engrammer layout for those curious), I will watch this keyboard's career with great interest. I can definitely see it in my future (the Glove80's were recent enough (first one a couple years ago, and one more recent for home use) that unfortunately it would be an irrational purchase to make now) __BUT__ say I wanted to ditch a KVM switch for some reason, and set up a secon…
Can you use the Azeron as a keyboard, and does it work well for it?
Re: Svalboard: Datahand Lives
#19As an extremely happy Glove80 user (Sunaku's Engrammer layout for those curious), I will watch this keyboard's career with great interest. I can definitely see it in my future (the Glove80's were recent enough (first one a couple years ago, and one more recent for home use) that unfortunately it would be an irrational purchase to make now) __BUT__ say I wanted to ditch a KVM switch for some reason, and set up a secon…
On the discord there are some really small handed users. If that's your concern, join the discord, and I'm sure folks will nerd out with ya to figure it out. :)
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#20I've been using one for over a year now, and I really like it. Ended up finding out about it from the Glove80 discord.
Now, I help out with their firmware updates, as a volunteer, just keeping things somewhat sane and debugged. Adding features as needed, to support new pointers, etc etc.
Disclaimer: My views are my own, I get provided hardware to do firmware work, and that's it. I do not work for Svalboard, etc.