GammaGlobulin Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) What might be the best keyboard to avoid typos? Obviously, one need good tactile feedback when one is toing nothing but touch-typing. Here is one suggestion: Of course, hands down, the best keyboard I have ever used was the WangAn Terminal keyboards. Wang An produced the best keyboards for their computer terminals. These are no longer available. Therefore, is there anything, today, which can come close to the feel of the Wang An keyboards? Amazing keys, now defunct, unfortunately. Regards... Note: Obviously, one needs good tactile feedback when one is doing nothing but touch-typing. (OH, NO....This product has sold out.....)...: Therefore: What might be as good for a slightly lower price? Still, you get what you pay for..... NOTE5: I have never used a better keyboard than this one on the Wang An terminal...except, maybe, for the keypunch machines made by IBM in the 1960s..... Edited February 1 by GammaGlobulin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted February 2 Popular Post Share Posted February 2 A bad workman always blames his tools..... 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 13 minutes ago, simon43 said: bad workman Bless you.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Rather than the standard qwerty keyboard, get one that does not have letters next to the one you want to type. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 33 minutes ago, sirineou said: Rather than the standard qwerty keyboard, get one that does not have letters next to the one you want to type. Right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
save the frogs Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) Simple. Get a monkey to type for you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, including the complete works of William Shakespeare. Edited February 2 by save the frogs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 1 minute ago, save the frogs said: Simple. Get a monkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, including the complete works of William Shakespeare. I operate on this theorem. Hasn't let me down, so far. So far, not yet a sonnet, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted February 2 Popular Post Share Posted February 2 I have found reading my posts after I have typed them is the best way to avoid typos. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 (edited) 1 hour ago, sirineou said: Rather than the standard qwerty keyboard, get one that does not have letters next to the one you want to type. In fact, I would be that the majority of people here have never typed using a high quality keyboard. The difference is like night and day. Correction: In fact, I would bet that the majority of people here have never typed using a high quality keyboard. NOTE: This keyboard I am using? Trash. It's OUT THE DOOR, and on the side of the road, just as soon as I finish typing this sentence. Edited February 2 by GammaGlobulin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted February 2 Popular Post Share Posted February 2 9 minutes ago, save the frogs said: Simple. Get a monkey to type for you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, including the complete works of William Shakespeare. By getting GG to have a monkey type his posts, it is highly probable we will never see another of his posts in our lifetimes. A very cunning plan. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said: In fact, I would be that the majority of people here have never typed using a high quality keyboard. The difference is like night and day. Correction: In fact, I would bet that the majority of people here have never typed using a high quality keyboard. NOTE: This keyboard I am using? Trash. It's OUT THE DOOR, and on the side of the road, just as soon as I finish typing this sentence. I can make thousands of posts without a single typo, and it does not matter which keyboard I am using. What am I doing wrong? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scottiejohn Posted February 2 Popular Post Share Posted February 2 8 minutes ago, Lacessit said: By getting GG to have a monkey type his posts, it is highly probable we will never see another of his posts in our lifetimes. A very cunning plan. I always thought he was/is a monkey given the rubbish it posts! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2baht Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 14 minutes ago, Lacessit said: By getting GG to have a monkey He has something to spank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) 26 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said: In fact, I would be that the majority of people here have never typed using a high quality keyboard. The difference is like night and day. Correction: In fact, I would bet that the majority of people here have never typed using a high quality keyboard. NOTE: This keyboard I am using? Trash. It's OUT THE DOOR, and on the side of the road, just as soon as I finish typing this sentence. "I would be that"? I would suggest making an appointment with a neurologist, to check the connections between your brain and your fingers. Edited February 2 by Lacessit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2baht Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Try the Wang Chung, it has 5 obsolete Chinese languages that only a fool would profess to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Lacessit said: I have found reading my posts after I have typed them is the best way to avoid typos. I simply detest reading whatever I have written, and rarely do so. It UPS to YOU if you wish to read. I won't discourage you, however, I would advise against it. Edited February 2 by GammaGlobulin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, Lacessit said: "I would be that"? I would suggest making an appointment with a neurologist, to check the connections between your brain and your fingers. No need. I just need a decent keyboard, one which costs more than Bt.150, made in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 26 minutes ago, Lacessit said: I can make thousands of posts without a single typo, and it does not matter which keyboard I am using. What am I doing wrong? You are typing too slowly. Type faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said: I simply detest reading whatever I have written, and rarely do so. It UPS to YOU if you wish to read. I won't discourage you, however, I would advise against it. I enjoy reading my posts again, mainly because I am always looking for ways to improve them. A thought more elegantly phrased, perhaps. Your posts are discombobulated because you don't wish to improve. Perhaps you regard your posts as perfection, or a work of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 5 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said: You are typing too slowly. Type faster. I am a one-finger typist. My autobiography runs to 155,000 words. Perhaps the reason you cannot type competently is you are going too fast. Festina lente. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 33 minutes ago, Lacessit said: I enjoy reading my posts again, mainly because I am always looking for ways to improve them. A thought more elegantly phrased, perhaps. Your posts are discombobulated because you don't wish to improve. Perhaps you regard your posts as perfection, or a work of art. No. I am the second-coming of Kerouac. I thought you knew. Totally a work of art, Man.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Speech to text perhaps? Or do you talk more than you currently write? Have no idea if below is good or not but comes up in Google search. https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=japac-TH-all-en-dr-BKWS-all-all-trial-PHR-dr-1605216&utm_content=text-ad-none-none-DEV_c-CRE_667077640992-ADGP_Hybrid+|+BKWS+-+BRO+|+Txt+~+AI+%26+ML_Speech-to-Text_google+voice+to+text_main-KWID_43700077645215604-kwd-318131303734&userloc_1012728-network_g&utm_term=KW_voice to text google&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAn-2tBhDVARIsAGmStVmgwLyLBtk6ufTRO77_Bsg344BYD6jVPc7bnPJXnlnOOB_UJ4XcOO4aApMIEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 31 minutes ago, Lacessit said: I am a one-finger typist. My autobiography runs to 155,000 words. Perhaps the reason you cannot type competently is you are going too fast. Festina lente. Or, I am fasting too much... And, resultantly, have no energy to properly proofread...which...I must.... Rectify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, lopburi3 said: Speech to text perhaps? Or do you talk more than you currently write? Have no idea if below is good or not but comes up in Google search. https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=japac-TH-all-en-dr-BKWS-all-all-trial-PHR-dr-1605216&utm_content=text-ad-none-none-DEV_c-CRE_667077640992-ADGP_Hybrid+|+BKWS+-+BRO+|+Txt+~+AI+%26+ML_Speech-to-Text_google+voice+to+text_main-KWID_43700077645215604-kwd-318131303734&userloc_1012728-network_g&utm_term=KW_voice to text google&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAn-2tBhDVARIsAGmStVmgwLyLBtk6ufTRO77_Bsg344BYD6jVPc7bnPJXnlnOOB_UJ4XcOO4aApMIEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds That's a very long link you posted. I just wonder how you might use Speech to text to add this link, if you wanted to add it somewhere. I mean, can you even read this link aloud? Might take about an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 16 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said: That's a very long link you posted. I just wonder how you might use Speech to text to add this link, if you wanted to add it somewhere. I mean, can you even read this link aloud? Might take about an hour. You could use the normal copy/paste with mouse for links and photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 3 minutes ago, lopburi3 said: You could use the normal copy/paste with mouse for links and photos. Back on Topic...555.... I might try this: BUT, as I recall, these Model M keyboards were rather slow... Still, as I have stated, the keyboard makes a huge difference for accuracy and speed of typing. I just hope that I can soon find the right one for me. The Logitech keyboard, when it gets old, as is mine, becomes a complete piece if jung (of junk). For sure, the Wang An terminal keyboard was one of the best I have ever used.... No need to step up to a more expensive keyboard unless you type above 55 WPM, I would say. I can do 65 WPM on a good day. But, I am a very slow typist, and rarely write much, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 Maybe try a Cherry? As long as it has a more tactile feedback, then it might be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 When Wang went bankrupt ("No major corporation will ever use those toy PCs for documents": An Wang) the entire Lowell campus pictured in the OP went up for sale. Problem was, it was full of asbestos, top to bottom. It finally ended-up at auction and the entire property sold for less than $1M. Sat vacant for nearly 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said: Or, I am fasting too much... And, resultantly, have no energy to properly proofread...which...I must.... Rectify. Latin has a real gift of being able to express concepts simply. In some instances, also brutally. Monkeying with it to produce feeble puns is an insult to a language which, while dead, has given so many words to English. If you ever post the word "irregardless" I will send a mob of emus to kick your dunny down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said: No. I am the second-coming of Kerouac. I thought you knew. Totally a work of art, Man.... I can only hope you are not drinking like him when you post, although it may explain your typos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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