#killQWERTY: Why Plano-Based CharaChorder Reinvented the Keyboard for a Digital Age
21st August 2020
Most keyboards use one-dimensional buttons or a QWERTY design. According to CharaChorder, this can often cause user error—like typos—caused by hitting letters in the wrong order when “muscle memory” is moving faster than a device can keep up with.
With CharaChorder, these “errors” are highly encouraged. A user can type entire words by pressing all letters simultaneously, in a single motion. CharaChorder’s internal processor will then arrange the letters on-screen in real time, faster than the human eye can perceive.
This kind of technology makes it easy for users to learn “chording” (a way to enter characters or commands formed by pressing several keys together) intuitively over time. According to the team, it’s also a much more powerful method of communicating.
Well, we’ll see.