One of the powerful features of TenGO
is that it can be implemented as a hard keyboard or a virtual
keyboard, making TenGO extremely versatile and can be applied
to many different products and applications. We are now only
touching the surface of where TenGO can go, with ready versions
for Pocket PC, Smartphone and Palm.
With
TenGO, on-screen text inputting becomes easy, convenient and
extremely functional. One of the things that TenGO does well
is that it reduces the need to search for many keys and reduces
finger or pen movement to a minimum. This is an exciting proposition
for users who require a text entry method that has as little
typing fatigue as possible.
This is also one of the primary areas where traditionally on-screen
keyboards or text entry are very weak. Because on-screen text
entry is essentially single-point, every movement between keys
is exaggerated. Typing fatigue occurs easily which makes prolonged
text entry tiring not to mention frustrating. 2 features (key
size and key distance) run antithesis to each other for traditional
on-screen keyboards. To make typing less frustrating (i.e. hitting
the wrong keys less), the keys have to be larger. However, by
making the keys larger a greater distance is needed to traverse
between keys, making typing painful. Other text
entry methods like handwriting is also slower as a tap is much
faster than the gesture needed to create a single character.
TenGO melds the best of both worlds by offering large keys and
minimal distance between keys. Fast and comfortable on-screen
text entry is no longer a dream!
HARD-KEY TenGO
With
TenGO, small physical keyboards are now possible that are easy
to learn, fast to type and comfortable to use. One of the things
that TenGO does well is that it mimics typing on the conventional
keyboard very well, including the ability to touch type, plus
additional capabilities. These include typing well
with a single finger, 2 thumbs, single hand, 10 fingers or any
combination thereof. This is amazing as it makes TenGO practical
and applicable for many different devices and people.
Traditionally, the physical keyboard has always been a space
consuming utility. We have tried many ways to pack it away (e.g.
computer tables with slide out keyboards), carry it about (e.g.
foldable, roll-able keyboards) and reduce it (e.g. assistive
compressed keyboards). But in all devices that require text
entry, the space the keyboard occupies is always a matter of
contention. The compromise is usually smaller keys, or lesser
keys which you must learn new ways of entry different from that
of the desktop. The balance is thus between typing comfort,
learning and typability.
The power of TenGO is that you no longer need to compromise
key size and typability. With TenGO, you can have large keys
and still be able to type like on a desktop keyboard and the
familiar QWERTY layout makes it very easy to learn. Thus, instead
of balance, TenGO instead optimizes comfort, learning as well
as typability!
NON-KEYBOARD DEVELOPMENT
As TenGO can essentially be shrunk to
ten keys (one of the origins of the name), we have always been
exploring non-keyboard methods to implement TenGO. This could
be done using alternative sensors other than the conventional
tactile actuating switches (keys).
One of our favorites is the TenGO glove. Because all ten TenGO
keys can be mapped to the fingers, this makes implementing a
typing glove very easy and typing with the glove very fast and
easy to learn. The sensors required for such an implementation
would be simple and direct as it would just need a binary resolution
in most if not all cases.
If Minority Report has a sequel, it would be cool to not only
have Tom Cruise navigate on the computer with the glove but
also type with it as well ;).
With
TenGO, on-screen text inputting becomes easy, convenient and
extremely functional. One of the things that TenGO does well
is that it reduces the need to search for many keys and reduces
finger or pen movement to a minimum. This is an exciting proposition
for users who require a text entry method that has as little
typing fatigue as possible.
With
TenGO, small physical keyboards are now possible that are easy
to learn, fast to type and comfortable to use. One of the things
that TenGO does well is that it mimics typing on the conventional
keyboard very well, including the ability to touch type, plus
additional capabilities. These include typing well
with a single finger, 2 thumbs, single hand, 10 fingers or any
combination thereof. This is amazing as it makes TenGO practical
and applicable for many different devices and people.