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KLOR is 34 keys split columnar staggered keyboard made by GEIST. I built it with Nice!Nano and without an OLED screen. Been regularly taking it with me to the office.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Is this… half of the keyboard? Or do you have a mode switch or something so you type the mirrored key? What kind of WPM can you get? It’s super cool, it hasn’t occurred to me that you could have a one handed keyboard

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not OP, and one-haned keyboards definitely exist (I can't remember the name, but I think there's even an 8-key complete layout). However, since they said 34-key split, I'd assume the other half's in the bag, or otherwise offscreen.

[–] Bubbleology 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, thats just one half of it. But using keymap layout such as Ardux or Taipo allows you to just use one side of the keyboard and still be able to type any characters you want. I'm hovering between 100-120 WPM in the split configuration and qwerty layout.