I separated my right shoulder so that arm is going to be out of commission for a while. (I am right-handed.) I'm managing about 25 wpm with one hand, or about 1/4 my normal speed. This is frustrating. The Handkey Twiddler has been out of production for a while. The BAT is not OS X compatible. Anyone tried the Half Qwerty keyboard? Are there other good options for under, say, $300? (I found several very niche products for significantly more.)
I do plan to try voice recognition for email and IM but I can't see that working very well for code.
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There are right-handed and left-handed dvorak layouts, I think.
*one-handed, that is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KB_Dvorak_Left.svg
I have tried frog pad in the past it works ..ok but I think i just didn't give it enough time.
http://www.frogpad.com/
then there was Matias half keyboard I almost bought it but my hand had healed enough so I didn't buy it but it did look interesting better than the frog pad.
http://www.matias.ca/halfkeyboard/
I know the agravation your going through i was the worst time for me
Good Luck
http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/08/14/mirrorboard-a-one-handed-keyboard-layout-for-the-lazy/
try Dasher ( http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/DasherSummary.html ). Even if you don't like it, the technique looks really cool
I have a frogpad - I find it sufficient, after some practice.
If you don't mind a little soldering, you could make your own custom one-handed chording keyboard.
feel better ! we need your code to keep coming.....
I've flirted with Dvorak in the past and had success with it. Never the 1-handed variety, but it might be worth a shot. It really doesn't take much time to "go back" to a traditional layout.
It took me about 2 weeks to overtake my qwerty speed with dvorak - the only reason I dropped it was I was having to use too many machines that I couldn't control layout over.
ouch, get better soon!
Kinesis sells some foot pedals/switches that you might find useful -- pedals for modifier keys, maybe, and that way you get to use your left hand entirely for non-modifiers. I've heard of people with 2 healthy limbs/hands using them for emacs chording to fight carpal tunnel.
-- Nate
Although it's been awhile since your post, I was curious to see what you decided on. Time for a follow-up post?
A buddy of mine shattered both his wrists in a motorcycle accident and went over to one of these datahand dual hand kbs, http://www.atpm.com/7.05/datahand.shtml and did really well, but they don't seem to be made any more.
And there's the original price tag of $1,000+ (ooch).
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