Charachorder
TypePrivate
Industry
FoundedJune 1, 2019 (2019-06-01) in Plano, Texas, U.S.
Key people
  • Riley Keen (CEO)
  • Monica Keen (CFO)
  • Adan Arriaga (CCO)
  • Matt Swarts (CTO)
Products
  • CharaChorder One
  • CharaChorder Lite
Websitewww.charachorder.com

CharaChorder is an American privately held company that specializes in text input devices. Its major products include the CharaChorder One and the CharaChorder Lite, which are keyboards that allow for character and chorded entry.

The CharaChorder One Keyboard

History

The company's first product was the CharaChorder One. The intention of this first device was to assist people with disabilities and those with limited mobility the ability to communicate with ease.[1] The founders cite their creation as an example of the curb cut effect, that is technology designed to enable people with disabilities that leads to benefits for everyone. After its initial release, the company was recognized as a new and noteworthy company at the consumer electronics show.[1]

In January 2022, the company made the news when its CEO posted videos to social media demonstrating himself typing in excess of 500 wpm.[2][3] The speeds are not recorded by some typing competition websites because they are not achieved with a traditional keyboard. In particular, the website monkeytype blocks any speeds over 300 wpm from their leader boards. [4]

Since its initial creation the company has focused on creation of technologies that enable users to perform text entry faster. The company's motto is "typing at the speed of thought." In May 2022, the company began publicly selling the CharaChorder Lite. The CharaChorder Lite is a chorded keyboard that allows for much of the same functionality of a CharaChorder One, with a more familiar qwerty layout.[5] In November 2022, the company began a Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of the CharaChorder X, a usb device that aims to bring chorded functionality to existing keyboards.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Innovates, Dallas; Edwards, Alex (August 20, 2020). "#killQWERTY: Here's Why Plano's CharaChorder Reinvented the Keyboard (Hint: To Keep Up With Your Brain)".
  2. ↑ "This Keyboard Lets People Type So Fast It's Banned From Typing Competitions". www.vice.com. 6 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Lytton, Charlotte (January 11, 2022). "This could help you type at 500 words per minute". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. ↑ Kristina Panos (January 12, 2022). "The Charachorder Keyboard Is Too Fast For Competition". Hackaday.
  5. ↑ Mark Tyson (May 10, 2022). "250 WPM CharaChorder Lite Chording Keyboard Now Available for Anyone". Tom's Hardware.
  6. ↑ "This Simple USB Dongle Could Help the Average Person Type 600% Faster". Gizmodo. November 23, 2022.
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