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The world's first all-fingers keyboard for smartphones

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Nikita Korotaev
@nikitakorotaev · Incubating products @ Glocal Partners
These guys have just released a new version of the keyboard. I'm very curious to hear what speed-typing geeks think of it. There is the Kickstarter campaign to support the latest release, it has more information about the product.
panasova
@panasova · project manager
Thank you, Nikita, for hunting our project. We worked hard and improved the ergonomics through several iterations. Guys, if you have any questions - I'll be happy to answer as I'm a Team member.
lysenkoalex
@lysenkoalex
George, Thank you for your feedback! SWYPE has its own weak sides - it highly relies on dictionary, so there are a lot of tasks for which it cannot be used - e.g. coding or editing. And it requires permanent visual control. So it is rarely used to write real long texts. But of course it's great for short messages. Octodon is about precise writing, so it is … See more
ben Watanabe
@benwtnb · 96 Problems
Interesting, seemed way too complicated until I saw the beginner's keyboard pic, then it started to make sense about how the keys were laid out on the physical device. http://octodon.mobi/images/hints... I think a pretty key statistic for the site might be something like: • after 1 or [x] hours using the Octodon the the typical person can type [x] words p/m… See more
Ed Moyse
@edmoyse · Founder
I've wanted something like this for a while - I can touch-type on a qwerty keyboard, so going from laptop to mobile is painful. I just really wish: 1. You guys had made Octadon as a case + keyboard combined (so it's always attached) 2. Would-be-nice if the fingers corresponded to a qwerty keyboard. e.g. left pinky is a + q + z. That would definitely minim… See more