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193: 34:, consists of only the left-hand half of a normal QWERTY keyboard, but when the space bar is held down, it switches to the right half of the keyboard, allowing a person to 44:
Also a standard keyboard can be used with a special keyboard driver software as half-keyboard for temporary or testing use, as the physical layout does not differ.
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It is said to be quick to learn, because human bodies can easily replicate one motion on one side to the other side, and almost as fast as a normal keyboard.
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used in limited space situations or when the typist needs a hand free to answer the phone, hold documents, etc.
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Proceedings of the INTERCHI '93 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Lawrence, Elaine; Pernici, Barbara; Krogstie, John (30 August 2004).
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Matias, Edgar; MacKenzie, I. Scott; Buxton, William (1993).
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keyboard
Edgar Matias
type with only one hand
Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow
Cengage Learning
ISBN
9781133190240
"Half-QWERTY: a one-handed keyboard facilitating skill transfer from QWERTY"
ISBN
90-5199-133-9
Patent claim
Mobile Information Systems
Springer Science+Business Media
ISBN
9780387228518
Half-Keyboard Academic publications
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computer hardware
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expanding it
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Categories
Computer accessibility
Computer keyboard types
Keyboard layouts
Computer hardware stubs

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