That search led me to a slack posting by a member of the Talon community who mentioned they had made a super light-touch keyboard by cutting the springs in their Cherry MX reds to bring the actuation force down. #LIGHT CLICKY SWITCH FULL#I had healed quite a bit from my injuries, but knew that full time keyboarding would likely lead me down the same path of eventual physical injury.ĭaydreaming about the possibility of being able to use a keyboard again, my research was inspired by the way I’ve always set up my guitars, with the lowest “action” (string height off of the neck) possible, leading to the least finger strain. In order to continue working in my field as a software engineer, I then became a voice coder, using VoiceCode (extinct) and then Talon, and got good enough with the software to be able to work professionally, largely hands free.Įventually due to my professional role switching to teaching and mentoring, my needs for keyboarding increased. My life as a keyboard-using person temporarily ended for a few years, starting in early 2016, when the cumulative effects of RSI caused typing to be too painful, and my arms too achy to comfortably carry out some basic household tasks, or even continue playing much guitar. There is a difficult learning curve to using super light touch switches, during which time you will likely see a lot of extra home row characters sprinkled throughout your documents, as you rest your hands on the keyboard and unintentionally actuate the keys. This article is aimed primarily at people with unusual keyboarding needs, such as those dealing with RSI (repetitive stress injury). Edit : just found out about gateron optical yellows! More info and link at bottom of post) (Edit 7/2020: added info about gergoplex. My journey to set up the easiest touch and shortest travel possible on a keyboard led me to a Planck-EZ keyboard with switches with modified springs, but it didn’t stop there.
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