What is ergonomics keyboard? What kinds of ergonomic keyboards are there?

Ergonomics keyboard is a specially designed keyboard, to help bring comfort to users' hands, reduce discomfort or difficult operations. These keyboards can have concave or descending keys, the keys are set at a reasonable distance, separating the two sides from the center point into a V-shape . All of which are intended to provide a pleasant user experience, more comfortable for users.

Types of ergonomic keyboards

Split keyboard (Split keyboard)

The fixed split keyboard has keys divided into 2 or 3 groups, allowing users to type at different angles, not at a single corner like the usual straight keyboard.

Custom split keyboard with keys divided into sections, corners can be easily changed.

Split keyboard can be customized by Apple

Block keyboard (Contoured keyboard)

The next development of the concept of dividing keyboards is a block keyboard, such as the 1977 Maltron or the newer Kinesis Advantage series. This keyboard places the keys on both sides according to the approximate width of the shoulder, the function keys in the middle to type with the thumb. This type of structure requires very little movement of the arms and wrists.

This is an example of a block keyboard

Handheld keyboard (Handheld keyboards)

This is a keyboard designed like gaming handles, which can be held on the hand instead of on a flat surface like regular keyboards. Users can walk in the room or lean back on the chair and still type normally.

Some variants of this keyboard include a trackball mouse, which allows mouse movement and typing right on the handheld keyboard.

AlphaGrip is an example of a portable keyboard

Corner split keyboard (Angle split keyboard)

Corner keyboard (also known as Klockenburg keyboard) is also quite similar to a split keyboard but the middle part is raised so that the index finger is in a position higher than the other fingers when typing. Key Ovation has created a Goldtouch industrial keyboard with a corner keyboard and is adjustable.

The corner keyboard has a higher center

Different types of ergonomic keyboards

Other ergonomics keyboards have a fixed vertical key and are aligned so that when typing, the hand will be perpendicular to the ground, thumbs up or type to allow rotation. A few keyboards that don't have the design of each key are a letter, like a keyer or keyless keyboard.

You may have seen the keyboard keyer on Stephen Hawking's talking device

Keyless keyboards have no keys

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