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Zerowriter Ink is an open source word processor with an E Ink display and a mechanical keyboard (liliputing.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

Imagine having a word processor without letters on the keys.

(Only partially kidding)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

LOL at least you can get your own fancy keycap set 😅 I wonder if the launch versions will offer labels

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's not an uncommon thing, actually. One of the most famous mechanical keyboards, the Das Keyboard, was by default glyph-less.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Well duh, why would I want Egyptian hieroglyphs on my keyboard??? /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Don't even have to imagine. IBM made those into the early 90s. My family had one

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I thought the keys were E-ink too, so you can show any letter, image or disable them. I kinda wish I had such a keyboard with programmable E-ink; I mean my entire keyboard, not a fancy extra thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I guess letters are a distraction.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Colors are also distraction!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that is dumb.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not if you already don't look at the keyboard while typing, plus you use multiple layouts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I mean, I generally don't, but I still find myself having to look sometimes.

With this, you couldn't even if you wanted to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

None of my keyboards do and I don't use qwerty so it's also funny when someone else tries to use my PC and fails miserably