CharaChorder: the futuristic keyboard that lets you type as fast as thought (or almost…)
You are not yet convinced to live in a real 2022 of SF? After hyper-realistic video games, humanoids, the artificial heart, VR headsets that will soon plunge us into a Meta-matrix, here is another argument in the balance of “The Future is now!” “. The CharaChorder is unlike any other conventional keyboard with its push buttons that can be steered in 4 directions. This strange device combined with specialized software nevertheless allows you to type… as fast as you think!
The 9 joysticks of the CharaChorder allow indeed more than 17 billion combinations. With a little practice and a few well-placed shortcuts, it becomes possible to type 500 words per minute, ie a typing speed 5 times faster than what can be obtained with a conventional keyboard. The trick, because there is one, consists here in replacing the typing of printing characters by a typing of words, the keyboard making it possible to type several letters at the same time.
An aesthetically more “classic” version of this keyboard is also offered on the manufacturer’s website, the CharChorder Lite, which works on the same process despite the layout of keys similar to that of any Azerty keyboard. Only downside, it seems that these two keyboards are especially suitable for typing text and become a big hassle when you use a lot of special characters (like for programming). Rather for the web-editor, the journalist or the blogger then… The CharaChorder is available for sale on the manufacturer’s website at $249.99 (currently out of stock) and the CharaChorder Lite can be pre-ordered for $199.99.
