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Re: I Built a Keyboard

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On Thu, 23 Oct 2014, BartC wrote:

>
>
> "Theo Markettos" <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message 
> news:Q9m*1VEev@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk...
>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "Michael Black" <et472@ncf.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1410201608520.2911@darkstar.example.org...
>>> >>
>>> > Of course, the real trick is to take an old typewriter, add > 
>>> microswitches
>>> > to all the keys, and then you have a real manual typewriter feel to > 
>>> your
>>> > keyboard.
>>> 
>>> A  bit limited, as there are too many keys missing to use effectively 
>>> (such
>>> as 'one' and 'zero'!).
>> 
>> Replace the paper with a pressure sensitive pad, then do OCR on the
>> shape that's been imprinted.
>> 
>> Not sure how to recreate the full correction fluid effect though...
>
> You mean, as a way of machine-reading what has been typed?
>
> Simpler (in concept at least!) might be to use a microphone, and make use of 
> the differences in the noise made by the different keys. A bit like speech 
> recognition. But it would need to be customised to each typewriter (and 
> possibly to the typist, as well as likely to make use of probabilities when 
> there is ambiguity between keys, so if T and Z sound similar, then 'cat' is 
> more likely than 'caz').
>
> Another way is to use a camera simply looking at which levers are moving. I 
> think this might be a better idea...
>
Keep those Rube Goldberg projects coming.

   Michael

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I Built a Keyboard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-19 13:50 +0000
  Re: I Built a Keyboard whiskers@sleepy.cat - 2014-10-19 15:28 +0000
    Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-19 14:38 -0400
  Re: I Built a Keyboard RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-20 18:53 +0000
    Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-20 16:09 -0400
      Re: I Built a Keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-10-21 00:42 +0100
        Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-20 22:13 -0400
          Re: I Built a Keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-10-21 10:43 +0100
        Re: I Built a Keyboard scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-10-21 17:07 +0000
          Re: I Built a Keyboard RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-21 17:42 +0000
          Re: I Built a Keyboard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-21 23:20 +0000
        Re: I Built a Keyboard Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2014-10-22 14:23 +0100
          Re: I Built a Keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-10-23 14:22 +0100
            Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-23 14:03 -0400
            Re: I Built a Keyboard Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-10-23 22:03 +0200
              Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-24 15:44 -0400

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