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One-Handed Keyboard
HTX Studio open sourced a cool one-handed keyboard with trackball and mouse keys.
Published June 18, 2025
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Nope, this is not an AI-generated image. This one-handed keyboard was designed and shared by Richard and his team from HTX Studio, who went through several iterations developing this input device for a girl with severe nerve damage in her right arm, which resulted in the permanent loss of function in her right hand.
Last winter a father wrote to us. His daughter lost her right hand's function after a truck accident. He wanted us to build a one-handed keyboard for her and attached a hand-drawn sketch – Richard.
We've seen similar one-handed projects already, but no doubt this one is the most refined of all the DIY approaches.
Video
After the condensed version, the team came up with a standard MX-spaced "Plus" variant, and right-handed versions as well.
Right-handed Plus
Resources
- https://github.com/htx-studio/One-Handed-Keyboard
- https://oshwhub.com/htx-studio/One-Handed_Keyboard
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vW12gQ4Klc
Published on Wed 18th Jun 2025. Featured in KBD #193.
Tags: one-handed
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