Matias Half-Qwerty Computer Keyboard - Manual (Page 2)

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How does it work?
The Half-QWERTY typing technique is very
similar to the standard two-handed touch-
typing technique...
You place your hand where it would normally
be if you were touch-typing – that takes care
of that half of the keyboard.
To type the letters of the other half, you hold
down the space bar with your thumb and do the
same fi nger movement that you would normally
do with the other hand. It’s that easy!
Tapping the space bar alone still types a space.
The relative fi nger movements used for
one-handed typing are the same as those
used for two-handed typing. So, if you’re
already a touch-typist, you already know
them. You should be typing one-handed in
a matter of minutes.
Use either hand – or both.
The Half-QWERTY keyboard allows one-handed
typing using either hand, or both, just like a
standard keyboard.
The one-handed typing capability can be
switched on or off by the user, as desired,
using the “1/2” key.
Can other people still use my keyboard?
Yes. The keyboard can still be used for regular two-handed typing.
Half-QWERTY won’t interfere.
left hand
right hand
both hands
“...I was blown away... almost no thought required
to adapt to typing on it... From the get go, my
fi ngers knew how to type...” THE-GADGETEER.COM
How fast can I type?
expect to reach speeds of between 61% and
91% of those achievable by two-handed
typists. Typing speeds as high as 64 words
per minute (wpm) have been recorded.
Sticky Keys
Sticky Keys is a feature that makes typing modifi er-key sequences
(e.g., capital letters) easier for one-handed typists, in that you no
longer have to type the modifi er (e.g.: Shift, Control, Alt) and the key
being modifi ed simultaneously. You can type them in succession.
Depressing and releasing a modifi er key once makes it active for
the next key typed. Pressing it twice locks it until it is unlocked by
pressing the modifi er again.
How fast can I learn it?
If you’ve never learned to type before,
learning Half-QWERTY will take roughly the
time it would take to learn standard two-
handed touch-typing.
However, if you are a trained touch-typist,
you can learn Half-QWERTY in a matter of
minutes, with little or no retraining.
Published empirical research, conducted by the University of
Toronto’s Input Research Group, found that (on average) a touch-
typist can learn Half-QWERTY in 1/3 the time it takes to learn a
one-handed chord keyboard. Half-QWERTY’s innovative “skill
transfer” design makes this possible. For more information, please
visit
www.half-qwerty.com/research
“...somehow your brain triggers the appropriate fi nger...
Within 15 minutes, I could type 20 wpm...” MACWORLD
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