Awesome content! We're so glad to hear you are enjoying your experience. +50 words per minute is great for less than a week of practice, especially for someone that has only just started chording. We have also noted your feedback regarding the switch membrane and thoughts on improving the Launchpad experience. Thanks so much again for sharing 🙂

Such a great in-depth review! I’ve been considering getting one of these keyboards and your review showed so much more than the website and KZfaq videos did. Can’t wait to see your update video once you’re more comfortable with it!

Thank you man for posting this review. It's very difficult to find characorder experiences as im thinking about buying it.

I have a neurological disability that makes using a qwerty keyboard with accuracy and speed difficult -- so I'm constantly searching for improved devices. Your review is VERY helpful! The qwerty keyboard was invented along with the typewriter and was designed to impede users -- even then, typists were exceeding the fastest input speed the machine could handle! I'm surprised those antiquated qwerty designs are still in use with computers that can work with speeds in excess of 500 words per minute! It's definitely time we phased out qwertys, so the CharaChorder and its upgrades may signal the end to clumsy, primitive keyboards. And although this version screams "BETA TEST!!" it's still much-needed progress. You're proving that the human brain is sufficiently pliable to handle multiple muscle-memory sequences; we can learn to both qwerty AND Chord without the agony a forced change typically brings!

Would love to see an update on your progress and maybe a typing test. Thanks for the upload!

This was such a nice video! Thank you so much. You broke down the important parts and explained it all. This is the only review I found so far. I'm pretty fast with QWERTY keyboards as I'm a professional software engineer, so I'm a bit hesitant to try this😅 but I have a good feeling, so I'll probably get it and see how it goes.

Veddy intedesting. Keep us updated on your progress. The holidays are behind us, and I hope you've fully recovered from Covid.

Great review. Saw this thing on TikTok and I was like, "Wow that looks interesting. It might be useful." Still interested in it, but I've already got a keyboard I love and I don't know if I'd use one of these enough to justify the money.

This really caught my attention. Thanks for the review, like others have said it seems to still be under the radar at the moment

Very well explained, 10 times better then all Videos from Charachroder creator themselfs! Thank you!

I'm really grateful for your review. It was exactly what I wanted and your pre-information (that you're fast) was VERY helpful (as I am fastish, as well)

this is the perfect device to control some serious robots

2 week update? I just bought one, I’m a somewhat poor QWERTY typer but I think the 3D experience will really change my typing experience. Could really be a game changer.

Thanks so much for this video! I’ve seen a few people using it on Tiktok, but it’s almost exclusively showing off speed. The creator’s videos are great, but they don’t fully demonstrate a ton. I was seriously considering buying one, and this video most definitely solidified it. Interested to see how things progress for you! If I understand correctly is there also a mouse feature and would you be able to explain how it works typing one-handed? They’ve advertised use of the full keyboard with one hand, but is that an actual reasonable feature or is it just technically possible? I’ll check out their discord too. Thanks for the great info!! Looking forward to your next video.

I want to put that on my steering wheel so that I can reply to messages while focusing on the road.

This review is very interesting. However, I still have questions. 1) Do you know how they decided to link those characters and functions together, despite the fact that it should make it more difficult to make the switch from QWERTY to the CharaChorder ? For instance, at 7:23, you can see that the same C, K, M and V are linked together, on the same key. However, on a QWERTY, half of these characters are on the right side of the keyboard (K and M), while the other half are on the left side (C and V). Doesn't it make it more confusing for beginners who have spent decades using a QWERTY ? Won't it make it much more difficult for CharaChorder users to (re)adapt to a QWERTY, when they don't have an alternative (for instance, at work, if they left their CC at home and have to make do with a more conventional keyboard) ? 2) How easy or difficult is it to insert numbers and special characters such as %, @ or parenthesis ? 3) How easy or difficult is it to insert accents (like ü, ö, è, à, ...) ? Some languages require the constant use of accents (like french or german, for instance). 4) Is it compatible with any computer or even with a smartphone that has a large screen ? 5) Does the word recognition feature work with different languages, or just in english ? 6) How do you ensure no dust enters the device ? You did show us the very big holes at the base of every joystick.

That white keyboard is beautiful

This is super helpful info-thank you for making this!

Great video. This looks like a very interesting device. I have one question, does it have a built in mouse/point and click like feature? Seems like could be easy to integrate via a users thumb or something. One little pet peeve of mine is having to move my hand from keyboard to mouse

No updates yet?

Hello John, Thank you for making this video. I have couple of questions. Q1. Can you compare this with that of TAPXR or TAPStrap 2. In terms of Speed of typing Q2. Which one is more likely to be used in future because TAP keyboard also uses Chording technology, in future VR is going to be used by most of them, hence in that condition should we use TAP instead of CharaChorder. Q3. For programmers or coders, which one would you recommend. Thank you

You didn't show yourself using it even once xP

Thanks for the vid, please make one with 2 POVs: corder (you typing) and the screen showing the text input. Thanks.

Looks very cool, but the build quality for the price is very questionable.

What are your thoughts on the mouse functionality? I'm interested in pairing that with eye-tracking to reduce the number of times I need to move my hands away from the keyboard during the day.

Thank you for your in-depth review

2:09 then pet the dog you monster

Thanks for the review. I am also cautious given the lack of user reviews.

Is it hard to use with numbers, punctuation, and control keys? how well would it work for programming?

Why can’t they invent a keyboard that gives a choice of predictive text so have a normal keyboard but with tiny touchscreen so you can select words to go on your main screen on your computer ? I can type much faster using predictive text on a mobile device than on a traditionalist keyboard, surely there is something that can incorporate this technology to use on a pc ?

Greetings, John! I have a question! I'm considering purchasing the new qwerty keyboard they are advertising. Do you think this would help with the learning curve due to the, "already familiar with the keyboard" versus needing to learn a whole new system?

Hey dude thanks for this video. It's been about a months now. How are you coming along with the typing (chording?) speed?

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing. Please definitely make a follow-up video or two to show your progress. I'm also interested if you get any hand fatigue as early signs of say carpal tunnel. I'm hoping the natural hand positioning means no, but your experience would be great.

Thanks for this helpful review.

TNice tutorials helped sooo much!

Hawkeye!!!

I think that this is also a game changer for the VR world. I think if they attached this to a belt you could ware so that you can rest the two peaces rest at a resting position on your legs, it would open the floodgates to working in VR.

Would Love to see an update on your progress!

Man the thing looks great and looks like it could be a ton of fun. There is just an unfortunate amount of looming issues around the technology in general. Its hard to commit to $250 for a keyboard which may not work on Windows 12 if the company doesn't make it. Let alone to have spent months developing a skill which would forever be useless at that point. Especially since the software for adding chords is web-based, which means that if the website ever goes so does half the functionality of the device. And that's not to say that I think the company is bad or anything, its just reality that a ton of companies don't make it. Aaaauuhgh. I still want it though -_-.

I want this but I feel like my brain is already too immersed in the QWERTY layout but the potential of the chording function makes me want to try learning this new layout

How does it work if you need to type in different languages?

Thank you for this!! Mine comes in tomorrow

Thanks for making this video. What's the actuation force of the switches like? Is it more difficult to actuate than a standard keyswitch? How does it compare to using a joystick on something like a Playstation controller?

Thank you for this. I'm a writer with ADHD who types fast..but probably has "faster thoughts." I'm considering this. My only hang up is spending time learning a new typing style. Might get boring (LOL).

Have you used this for gaming? With one hand on the mouse, could you do the things a regular keyboard could do with the other hand?

The most important question is, can you play doom with it?

Great video! How's it working now that it's been another two months?

I'm still non-the-wiser after watching the video of how it works. I think I'll stick to a normal keyboard thanks. Whoever invented it (I believe it's sold through Kickstarter or was originally) needs help with marketing and actually finishing the product ready for market, especially at the price as it looks like it was done in an electronics workshop. Nothing wrong with that as a beta product but not full market release. The inventors said they spent the money developing their product and not on marketing or video production, however I've seen kids do better video production from their bedroom so there's no excuses for their poor advertising videos, and these days you have to have the full package. Just wait until the Chinese factories start churning these out, patent or no patent!

Thanks for the video, does it allow alt tabbing and can it trigger F1-f12 hotkeys?

It’s promising but it needs a lot of work in mechanical design and build quality. Soon enough a similar chinese product might come out with better design. I hope they secured a patent for this. The Chinese are already typing in latin alphabets to generate chinese characters.

How well would this work for software developers? Does the product allow typing square brackets and curly braces?

Thanks for this video👍👍

Hi, thanks for the info. Your channel's "videos" tab says you have no videos though. Did you un-list this?

This might become something is they can managed to make the chorder "learn" new words "automagically". I can't imagine constantly adding new words while coding in different projects.

How hard do you have to press the 'keys' to type with the characorder? I have a lot of issues with my hands so am looking for an alternative to qwerty. Thank you!

Could you please elaborate on the software needed to use the keyboard. Do I understand correctly, that to make full use of the keyboard it is necessary to download and run a program on the device you're using? That would seem like a massive security / privacy risk and it's nonstarter with regards to using this keyboard with a work PC.

Checking in- haven’t practiced much at all. Kind of forgot about it. Picking it up full speed again. How’s your progress?

What's your WPM?

1 month update? Would recommend to mild-moderate computer user with no custom keyboard experience? Or show numerical (accounting) entry and page/app/window nav? You da best 🙏🏼

your pointer is when you’re talking

I think I’ll stick to a keyboard

Nice i only needed to see 60% of the video to find out how this thing works, witch is the only reason that i watched this video, and then i can only see that the key is practis like it is for normal 10 finger writing....

Strange that you didn't mention steno and plover in comparison.

Can you make a video showing you writing code with it? HTML or Javascript

How is it using windows shortcuts? Copy paste etc

Are you still loving it?

Very interesting Where are you at now?

Does the characorder feature a built in mouse?

Is the text prediction able to deal with typos involving the space bar?

im 80wpm with 99% acc see my playlist

Great content. But $250? I think I dont need it then. Traditional Keyboard is fine for me.

Do they still have a discord? Can’t find the link on their website for it 🤷🏻‍♂️

Cool, where can I find their discord?

This seems absurd to me. I might be wrong but im testing the dexterity i have with my ring and pinky fingers and theres 0 chance ill have the ability to use this efficiently. Those fingers needs lots of room for error when using them

This looks baffling.

I'm really not going to sit through the review when you have an affiliate link in the description. You're directly benefiting from hyping it up and misrepresenting it in order to get people to buy it. It's about as trustworthy a setup as the inventor of the FingerChopper 2000 putting up a video about how safe his invention is to use.

Do they have a tool that helps make KZfaq videos? If so, you should buy one.

Horrible build quality for 300 bucks