Ask HN: Drumset form-factor for alternative keyboard?
I'm looking for a keyboard that I can use sort of like a drumset: I put the device on my desk, it's perhaps the size of a large keyboard tray but curved upward, I hold drumsticks and bang away at big labeled key buttons/targets. Modifier keys with pedals at feet and/or elbows. I haven't been able to find anything like this online. If no such thing exists, I wonder how you would build it easily/cheaply. What is the simplest way to build a "software keyboard" on ubuntu? (my preferred OS). There are a lot of resources online, but it all seems to get rather esoteric quickly for a problem that appears to be relatively straightforward from the outside. My motivation is RSI; I've tried many things including kinesis and friends, alternative layouts, various form-factors, etc. Most things work for me a bit for a bit, others not at all. 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'm looking for a keyboard that I can use sort of like a drumset: I put the device on my desk, it's perhaps the size of a large keyboard tray but curved upward, I hold drumsticks and bang away at big labeled key buttons/targets. Modifier keys with pedals at feet and/or elbows. I haven't been able to find anything like this online. If no such thing exists, I wonder how you would build it easily/cheaply. What is the simplest way to build a "software keyboard" on ubuntu? (my preferred OS). There are a lot of resources online, but it all seems to get rather esoteric quickly for a problem that appears to be relatively straightforward from the outside. My motivation is RSI; I've tried many things including kinesis and friends, alternative layouts, various form-factors, etc. Most things work for me a bit for a bit, others not at all.
I'm looking for a keyboard that I can use sort of like a drumset: I put the device on my desk, it's perhaps the size of a large keyboard tray but curved upward, I hold drumsticks and bang away at big labeled key buttons/targets. Modifier keys with pedals at feet and/or elbows. I haven't been able to find anything like this online. If no such thing exists, I wonder how you would build it easily/cheaply. What is the simplest way to build a "software keyboard" on ubuntu? (my preferred OS). There are a lot of resources online, but it all seems to get rather esoteric quickly for a problem that appears to be relatively straightforward from the outside. My motivation is RSI; I've tried many things including kinesis and friends, alternative layouts, various form-factors, etc. Most things work for me a bit for a bit, others not at all. 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'm looking for a keyboard that I can use sort of like a drumset: I put the device on my desk, it's perhaps the size of a large keyboard tray but curved upward, I hold drumsticks and bang away at big labeled key buttons/targets. Modifier keys with pedals at feet and/or elbows. I haven't been able to find anything like this online. If no such thing exists, I wonder how you would build it easily/cheaply. What is the simplest way to build a "software keyboard" on ubuntu? (my preferred OS). There are a lot of resources online, but it all seems to get rather esoteric quickly for a problem that appears to be relatively straightforward from the outside. My motivation is RSI; I've tried many things including kinesis and friends, alternative layouts, various form-factors, etc. Most things work for me a bit for a bit, others not at all.
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