steno
Embedded steno firmware + custom steno PCBs (by crides)
fissure
A 46/36/40 key split keyboard (by crides)
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steno
Posts with mentions or reviews of steno.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-02.
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Handheld external keyboard options for iPhone
What I've experimented in the past (none of these lasted very long for me, but hopefully inspirations for you): - stenophone: back front - fistion: back front - clawor - musk (it feels okay pseudo typing on it in a jacket's pocket)
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BB Steno
The one feature I’m looking forward to is having the dictionary built in. The Black Pill used here supports adding memory chip; I just need to buy one and figure out how to flash crides/steno firmware on it.
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Long time no post to reddit: Daily driven boards
I haven't actually posted to Reddit for a while (other than comments that is), and I thought I should. I've been daily driving these 2 boards for a bit, the Fissure v3.2 and the Fusion. Both boards are fully BLE, and of course following my tradition on using the embedded steno engine.
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Are there any Stenographers here? Should I switch to Stenography?
Simple (and buggy) steno engine on my keyboard
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Can you add Steno as a layer?
You can actually run the code needed for steno completely in firmware. Check out https://github.com/crides/steno.
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Introducing the Uncokeeb: a new per-finger chorded keyboard concept prototype for fast typing
Fwiw, that’s a thing, though it’s still in progress. (This says QMK, but there’s def also ZMK work somewhere in there as well.)
fissure
Posts with mentions or reviews of fissure.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-10.
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How much do you tent your split build?
Ah it's tented automatically at ~21deg
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Long time no post to reddit: Daily driven boards
I haven't actually posted to Reddit for a while (other than comments that is), and I thought I should. I've been daily driving these 2 boards for a bit, the Fissure v3.2 and the Fusion. Both boards are fully BLE, and of course following my tradition on using the embedded steno engine.
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You all are crazy! Where did you start?
There have been a lot more progress in the last years, but when I started like 3 years ago, I basically looked through r/MK for 3 months or so, and imagined how the layouts would work (yes you can just print them out but), picked a balanced point between simplicity and extensibility, and designed my board. After that it's just constant iterations on both the hardware and the key map levels.
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No hand movement keyboard
I don't see many high stagger 36 keys, so self plug time. brow/jklp counts, though that's a hand wire
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Does this exist? Kyria stagger, Corne layout, Choc spacing?
Not strictly 3x6, but the Fissure v3 does everything else.
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Ergodox Ez owners, how satisfied are you?
my preferred boards are smaller—I’ve got a Kyria that I like quite a bit and am currently dailying a Fissure—but the ergodox was the board that got me started on that route, and I actually just rehomed my ergodox ez to a friend wanting to try out a split board for work :D
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Rate by importance ergonomic features
Repo with outdated pics: https://github.com/crides/fissure
What are some alternatives?
When comparing steno and fissure you can also consider the following projects:
pheromone_keyboard
chocofi - Split 36-key keyboard
tweetable-polyglot-png - Pack up to 3MB of data into a tweetable PNG polyglot file.
sqdg - Shoggot's SQDG but in CadQuery
qmk_firmware - See the "forkreadme" branch or the following link for a description of branches maintained in this fork.
keyseebee - KeySeeBee is a split ergo keyboard. It is only 2 PCB (so the name) with (almost) only SMD components on it. It's only a keyboard, no LED, no display, nothing more than keys and USB.
handwired_preonic - QMK based 5x12 ortholinear keyboard
Teensy3.2-CherryStream-QMK - QMK Firmware for handwired Cherry Stream keyboard with OLED running Teensy 3.2
steno-dictionaries - Di's Plover-theory stenography dictionaries used by Typey Type for Stenographers.
qmkbuilder - Online GUI for QMK Firmware
lalboard - A 3D-printed keyboard inspired by the DataHand