Hacker News with Generative AI: Keyboard

New MacBook Air Fixes This Decades-Long Design Oversight (macrumors.com)
In a move that probably won't make headlines but should delight detail-oriented Mac users everywhere, Apple has quietly corrected a 26-year-old design inconsistency on its keyboards.

Apple, Mac, Design, Keyboard, Technology

16 points by ksec 26 days ago | 16 comments

ALPS CP10SJ550A Kanji Keyboard (2019) (deskthority.net)
This just arrived from in the mail from Japan and wanted to share. I haven't done a full teardown yet but here are some poor quality pictures and a little information on what I have learned about it.

Keyboard, Japan, Hardware, Technology, Review

10 points by NaOH 36 days ago | 0 comments

Autocorrect in Your Keyboard Firmware (2021) (getreuer.info)
Autocorrect is now a core QMK feature! It was released on 2022-11-26. Update your QMK set up and see QMK Autocorrect. Or if you want, you may continue to use the userspace implementation described in this page.

Firmware, Keyboard, Software, Autocorrect

40 points by samwho 86 days ago | 30 comments

Raspberry Pi 500 Review: The keyboard is the computer, again (tomshardware.com)

Raspberry Pi, Reviews, Computing, Keyboard

44 points by rcarmo 115 days ago | 13 comments

Unexpected Keyboard – customiseable Android Keyboard with all keys available (github.com/Julow)
Lightweight and privacy-conscious virtual keyboard for Android.

Android, Keyboard, Customization, Privacy, Open Source

15 points by speerer 138 days ago | 7 comments

Circuit diagrams and firmware source code for Gboard DIY keyboards (github.com/google)
Circuit diagrams and firmware source code for Gboard DIY keyboards, previously known as Google Japanese Input / Gboard April Fools.

Hardware, Open Source, DIY, Keyboard, Google

26 points by zdw 178 days ago | 5 comments

FatBee, Familiar yet Ergonomic Keyboard (github.com/cassiozen)

Keyboard, Software, Ergonomics

5 points by cacozen 239 days ago | 0 comments

SofleKeyboard – A split keyboard based on Lily58, Crkbd and Helix keyboards (josefadamcik.github.io)

Hardware, Keyboard, Open Source, DIY, Ergonomics

20 points by Alupis 254 days ago | 20 comments

Poor Man's Kinesis Keyboard: The K'nexis Keyboard (2005) (blogspot.com)

Hardware, DIY, Retro Computing, Keyboard

21 points by gaws 275 days ago | 17 comments

Poor Man's Kinesis Keyboard: The K'Nexis Keyboard (2005) (blogspot.com)

DIY, Hardware, Keyboard, Retro Tech

20 points by turtleyacht 276 days ago | 5 comments

I Open-Sourced KeyEcho: Fast-Responsive Keyboard Sounds with Every Keystroke (beehiiv.com)