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1. example types the letter k similarly you can type the lowercase letter k by pressing and releasing with your index finger the left key in the top row no keys in the next two rows and with your little finger the right key in the bottom row This chord is designated by the notation LOOR OOR is the notation for typing the letter k Labels Black red blue and green labels on Twiddler s keys can remind you how to type the most common characters and commands A white label on a key refers to the character or command you fype when you press and release that key alone To type a lowercase a you press and release the key labeled with a white A To type a lowercase b press and release the key labeled B and so on for keys labeled C D E F G and H Similarly keys marked SP space DEL delete BS backspace and ENT enter issue the designated command when pressed and released singly You will find a colored dot above each top row key Red marks the top left key blue marks the top middle key and green marks the top right key To the right of each key in the remaining three rows you will find a column of three labels whose colors red blue and green correspond with the colors of the top row dots Matching colors indicate a dotted key labeled key chord which types the labeled character Page 7 For example press the left key in the top row under the red dot and the right key in the nex2. the same input to your computer as both a conventional keyboard and a mouse Io do this the Twiddler uses twelve keys on the front and four keys on top plus a Navstick The top keys are for your thumb and your other four fingers operate the front keys The Navigational Joystick or NavStick under your thumb performs the pointing function of a mouse The Twiddler is designed to be operated by only one hand while the hand not holding the Twiddler is free for other tasks The Strap There is a soft fabric strap that extends from a slot in the side of the Twiddler s case and attaches to a Velcro pad on the bottom This strap goes around the back of your hand and holds the Twiddler in position for typing or pointing When you receive your Twiddler the strap will be set up for right hand use but if may be easily readjusted for lefi hand use Changing fo Left Hand Use To adjust the Twiddler for lefi hand use first remove the strap from its Velcro fastener on the bottom Next grasp the strap close to the slot and slide the end of the strap out of the slot It is designed to be a snug fit Then slide the same fitted end of the strap into the matching slot on the opposite side of the Iwiddler Be sure fo insert it all the way into the slot Getting Started Left or Right Which hand should you use for the Twiddler The first inclination is to use it in your dominant hand But you may wish to put off this decision and try the Twiddler with each hand an
3. Twiddler2 1 USER MANUAL Rev 1 7 Copyright Tek Gear Inc 1992 2000 2010 All Rights Reserved Twiddler and Twiddler2 1 are trademarks of Tek Gear Inc Contents GETTING STARTED 00oo rn rrnnrrrvrrnvrrnrrrvrrnvennrrsvrnnvesnrrnvennresnnnnvennnns venns 3 Oe a EE E 3 NED 4 3 Changing to Left Hand Use rrarnvvrrannrvnrnnnrvnrnnnnrervnnnnenrnnnnennvnnnernsnnnsee 3 Getting Started Left or Right rwrvrrurnavrrannavrrnnnnerrnnnnvrnnnnrsensnnnnennnnnnee 3 HOW to hold the TWICGICKE icccntusinsorssetetiaueccvenedelatinctvsanicaneitwendbedsnlvn ves 3 THE KEYBOARD is vervene 5 TYPING On The Twiddler rwrvrrrvrrrvrrrvrrrvorrverrvrnsversvensversvernvernvernvernvernvenne 4 MOES ee 4 IS Ga 5 Repeating Keys rnrrnrrrernrrernnnennnsennnnennnnennnnennnnsnnnnennanssnnnsrnnnssnnnsennssen o KO NON Jarre 5 DOIS EE 6 Peed TIO erie EE EEN 7 Another Speed Tip nee 8 NUMO KEYS Sv 8 THE MOUSE POINTER uo rn rrrnrrr rn rrrnrrrrrnnrrnnrrsvrrnvennresvennrennnennen 10 MOSS NN rv 10 Installing and Programming the Twiddler 0 0 0 11 Key ASSIGNMENT NOTATION rrrrrervrrannvrvannevvnnnenrnnnrnvnnnenvnnnernnnnennnnnennnnnsnsnnnennnne 1 Key Chord Mapping ccccscccccssececeseeeceeeecceuececeueeeseeeeseaeeesageeeesueeessaeeessaeessagss 12 Mouse Chord Mapping ccccccseecccsesecceseeecceeeeceeueeeseneeeseueeeseueeeseueeessaeessageees 12 Page 3 GETTING STARTED Overview The Twiddler2 1 provides
4. Warranty Information Tek Gear warrants the Twiddler2 I against defects in material or workmanship as follows Tek Gear will repair or replace the unit at no charge for a period of one 1 year from the date of purchase The decision to repair or replace will be the sole discretion of Tek Gear Units should be sent prepaid fo Tek Gear with a valid RMA Return Merchandise Authorization number clearly marked on the outside of the package An RMA can be obtained by contacting Tek Gear Technical Support via phone fax or email Technical Support can be reached 9 00AM fo 5 00PM CST M F at Phone 204 988 3001 Fax 204 988 3050 email support tekgear com You must retain the dated sales slip or invoice as evidence of purchase date Repair or replacement as provided under this warranty is fhe exclusive remedy of the purchaser Tek Gear shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages for breach of any express or implied warranty on this product Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose on this product Is limited to the duration of this warranty
5. a similar way You can type a character or command with a single key or with a combination of keys called a chord Using various single keystrokes or chords you can type all the letters characters symbols and commands found on a standard keyboard In fact the Twiddler actually offers you over a thousand different programmable chords And since most of these key combinations are not preset at the factory you can customize your Twiddler by making your own assignments to these chords You can even override factory preset key chord character assignments through the Twiddler Configurator Java software included on the Flash Drive inside your Twiddler or at Handykey com Typing On The Twiddler single Keys There are twelve keys on the front of the Twiddler arranged in three columns and four rows Each key in the center column has a tiny bump which makes touch typing easier by letting you know immediately by touch which key your finger is pressing Page 5 Each of your fingers are assigned to a specific row of three keys across Your index finger presses the keys marked A E and SP space in the first or top row Use your middle finger to press B F and DEL delete in the second row Your third ring finger is for the C G and BS backspace keys in the third row And your little finger pinkie is in position for the keys in the fourth or bottom row D H and ENT enter Press and release any of these keys singly to type the character or
6. ck on the Twiddler is your mouse Press the button with your thumb to move the pointer on your screen When you take your thumb off the Navstick the onscreen pointer stays where It Is Navstick Mouse clicking When you move or press the Navstick the Twiddler goes into mouse mode This means that the front keys now function as mouse buttons Imagine a mouse with 12 buttons The A key is now the left mouse button and the SP key is the right mouse button Press and release the A key to leff click on an on screen object Press and release the SP key odel ai to right click on an object The E key is also a left click button with the difference that it stays in mouse mode after it is released Double Click When you need to double click with a left mouse button you can press and release the E key twice or simply press and release the B key This is a very convenient way to double click Since the A key exits mouse mode when it is released you can t use this to double click If you need to click and drag the Twiddler will emulate a left mouse button being held down when you press and release the D key Press D again to lift the virtual left mouse button Similarly a right mouse button is virtually held down when you use the ENT key and lifted by again pressing ENT Single Left Click Double Left Click Toggle Page 11 The C key iss
7. column on the left This column is designated L The four keys in the middle column E F G H are referred to as M And the four keys on the right A B C D are designated R Each unique chord is defined by a foursymbol sequence indicating which key is pressed in each of the four rows ordered from top to bottom If no key needs to be pressed in a particular row a zero Q in the sequence will indicate that Remember that the first symbol in the chord notation refers to a key in the top row pressed by your index finger the second symbol to a key in the second row assigned to your middle finger the third symbol to a key in the third row pressed by your ring finger and the fourth symbol to a key in the bottom row reached by your little finger For example to type a lowercase letter a your index finger must press and release the key at the right end of the top row while no other keys need to be pressed in the next three rows So the notation for a is ROOO Page 6 FINGER KEYS are indicated by a group of four symbols 0 L M and R These symbols represent key presses in ROWS I 2 3 and 4 top to bottom 0 means no button pressed in that row L means the Left button Is pressed M means the Middle button is pressed and R means the Right button is pressed Example LOOR means the LEFT Button in ROW I and the RIGHT button in ROW 4 are pressed No buttons are pressed in ROW 2 or ROW 3 This
8. command with which the top of the key is labeled Chords The Twiddler does not register a keystroke until you release a key or keys For example when you press the A key on the Twiddler and hold it down nothing happens But when you release the A key a lowercase letter A appears on the screen When you press a group of keys as a chord its assigned character does not appear on the screen or its assigned command is not issued until you release at least one of the chord s keys Because characters are generated by the release rather than the initial press of a key you do not have fo worry about whether you have pressed all the keys in a chord at exactly the same instant D lt U nn a Sz MGCC BEB BHB BHB GL NO er AR Repeating Keys On a standard keyboard when you hold down a key it generates a repeating character To repeat characters in the same way on the Twiddler press and release a key or chord and then quickly press and hold down the same key or chord When you do this the desired character will repeat as long as the key or chord is held down The repeat delay is set in the Twiddler Configurator on the Config Tab Key Notation This user s guide and Twiddler Configurator uses a special notation to show you how to type each character and command with a factory preset chord As you face Twiddler s twelve key layout you will find four keys labeled SP DEL BS and ENT arranged in a
9. d think about how you will be using It before you decide Here are a few things to consider 1 What do you want to be able to do with the hand not holding the Twiddler If you want to take pencil and paper notes you may wish fo try the Twiddler in your non writing hand 2 Does your normal computer work involve fine control of the pointing device such as CAD or drawing programs If so you may want to use the Twiddler in the hand that has the best drawing control In any case you may wish to experiment with each hand to see which suits you best It is always easy to change the strap to the other side The Twiddler key layout is designed to work equally well in either hand How to hold the Twiddler How you hold the Twiddler is a matter of personal taste It is designed to accommodate a wide range of hand sizes and shapes The following guidelines may help you find a comfortable position In general the strap goes around the back part of your hand between your knuckles and wrist and attaches to the Velcro fastener on the bottom of the case Do not make the strap Page 4 too tight You should adjust the strap so your fingers fall naturally and easily over the center column of keys the keys with the small guide bumps on them You will notice that your thumb is resting on the top inside corner of the Twiddler When the strap is adjusted correctly if is loose enough so that your hand can be removed and re inserted without detachi
10. lowercase I LROO Again keeping the red dotted key down release your middle finger from the second row and reach with your little finger for the middle key in the bottom row labeled with the red N to form the chord for lowercase n LOOM Finally release both top and bottom keys This technique will help you type faster by avoiding unnecessary finger movements You can use this with many combinations of letters st ry in 10 Another Speed Tip The Twiddler offers you another typing shortcut You can use factory preset chords to type some of the commonest English words or letter sequences the of fo ed and in ion and ing The key notation for these chords can be found in the Key Chord Mapping tab of the Twiddler Configurator Thumb Keys In addition to the Navstick there are four keys on the top rear of the Twiddler case In clockwise order they are labeled NUM ALT CTRL and Shift These thumb keys take part in the chording and combine with the twelve front keys to form additional chords Chords using the NUM key include the numerals You hold down the NUM key with your thumb and complete the chord by pressing additional keys on the front Page 9 To see how it works try holding down NUM with your thumb while your other fingers consecutively press and release the following keys A B C D E F G H SP DEL You have just typed the numerals Navstick 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 The ALT key accesses
11. ng the strap from the Velcro Rotating the Twiddler toward or away from your palm adjusts the angle of operation to accommodate longer or shorter fingers and the angle of the strap on the bottom of the Twiddler can also be adjusted for your comfort In fact one way fo find a comfortable position is fo remove the strap from the bottom set the Twiddler s angle and then re attach the strap to the Velcro pad The fastener on the bottom helps to hold the desired angle of the Twiddler When you have adjusted the strap and angle so that your fingers fall naturally over the center column you will find that the left and right columns of keys are an equally short reach for your fingers If the strap is too tight the closest column may cramp your fingers If the strap is too loose the column farther away may be hard to reach You can comfortably rest your fhumb on the inside corner of the Iwiddler in a relaxed position twiddler i You don t need fo grip the Twiddler By resting the fhumb as shown and applying gentle outward pressure you will keep the Twiddler steady and reach the keys more easily The Keyboard The Twiddler keyboard is designed to do all the work of a standard computer keyboard plus a lot more With only sixteen keys the Twiddler accomplishes this by chording On a piano keyboard you can play a single note by striking one key or play a chord by playing a number of keys at the same time The Twiddler works in
12. o enable the onboard USB Flash disk where your config files are located hold any of the front keys down when you connect the USB connector to your computer A drive letter corresponding to the Flash Drive should be shown in your file explorer It is a 2MB FAT12 formatted drive There are two files on this drive factory cfg and twiddler cfg Be sure to load the current configuration by selecting File gt Open gt twiddler cfg located on the Twiddler Drive or you will be starting from a blank file The Twiddler Configurator software is only needed to edit the chord mapping that the Twidder uses This software is not required to be present on the computer that you use the Twiddler on Key Assignment Notation The table shown in the Twiddler Configurator shows the default assignments of symbols functions or commands to chords formed by pressing and releasing thumb and finger keys The thumb keys designations are as follows O No thumb key pressed S Shift N NUM NA Both NUM and ALT are pressed NS Both NUM and Shift are pressed Page 12 Key Chord Mapping Once you have loaded twiddler cfg you can print out the entire chord mapping and settings for the Twidder In Configurator click on File gt Print This should give you a single page printout for reference Click on the Key Chord Mapping Tab to configure the key part of the Twiddler On the left hand side of the screen you will see a list of the currently programmed chords and
13. t row beside the red label I When you release the two keys you have typed the lowercase letter I Note that the label I is red to remind you that the red dotted top row key is part of the i chord LROO Here is a second example Press the top row key under the green dot together with the key in the third row just to the left of the green exclamation point When you release both keys you have typed an exclamation point ROLO Remember that after you have pressed all the keys in a chord you may release them together or in any order You will find a complete list of factory preset letters characters symbols and commands in the Key Chord Mapping tab of the Twiddler Configurator Speed Tip Here is a tip to speed up the way you type a series of letters which have chord labels of the same color Keep holding down the top row key with your index finger while your other fingers form chord after chord with keys on the lower rows Page 8 Try this example Type the word pin First press the chord for lowercase p LOLO a red labeled chord Then lift your ring finger from the third row while continuing to hold down the red dotted key in the top row with your index finger Notice that a p appeared when you released your ring finger Now use your middle finger to press and release the right hand key in the second row Note that it is next to the red label 1 You just typed a
14. the same functions as an Alt key on qa conventional computer keyboard For example to issue the command Alt x you simply form a chord including the ALT key and pressing and releasing the chord for the letter x MLOO Navstick men jon musen CJC JC JC When you form chords by holding down NUM and ALT together the front keys A B C D E F G H SP DEL BS ENT output the codes for Function keys F1 through F12 lt _ lt D a Pa Navstick z E f f pi fe f pg il flfl ND R Page 10 In similar fashion the CTRL key acts like the Ctrl key on a standard keyboard To type Ctrl Alt Del for example simply press and release the CTRL key together with the ALT key and the front key labeled DEL Likewise the Shift key as you would expect on a conventional keyboard allows you to type capital letters When you form a chord which includes the Shift key with your thumb the same key or chord you ordinarily use to type a lowercase letter will instead produce the same letter in uppercase It is important to note however that the Shift key like all the thumb keys does not just shift the front keys to upper case but fully participates in the chording function For example the word the is assigned to the chord ORRO If you press Shift ORRO however you get The If the thumb button labeled Shift just shifted characters you would get THE The Mouse Pointer The Navsti
15. their associated key codes To edit one of the chords just click on if In the right pane a graphic of the Twiddler layout will appear with the appropriate keys shaded If you would like to change the mapping click on the keys you would like to press instead of the current chord The key buttons are toggles click once to change its state on or off Only one key per row is allowed Remember to click the Save button to save the new chord to the configuration file You may wish to save your changes to a new cfg file This way you can have many custom configuration files suitable for different applications The Twiddler will use twiddler cfg only Store your other configurations with different file names Also remember to back them up to another drive just in case you reformat your Twiddler To create a new chord click on the New Chord buiton at the top of the screen A new line will be entered into the left pane and will be designated O OOOO with no key mapping associated with it Type the key map you would like in the Key Mapping field The toggle the keys and thumb buttons you would like to use to invoke this chord Once complete click save To Delete a chord click on the chord that you would like to delete and then click on the delete chord button at the top of the page Mouse Chord Mapping Mouse chord mapping is done exactly as the Key Chord Mapping outlined above except you are controlling mouse chords Page 13 Tek Gear Product
16. ues a left Ctrl click and the G key provides a left Shift click By default the Twiddler stays in mouse mode for a period of time after you release the mouse button This may be adjusted by the user See Programming the Twiddler below This enables you to position the pointer on the screen release the NavStick and then click on an object Here is an example of a common situation You are typing a memo and you wish to insert a word two lines above Press the mouse key and move the pointer where you wish to insert the word Remove your thumb from the mouse pointer and it stays in mouse mode until you press the A key leff click This sets the cursor in the selected location and automatically exits mouse mode back to keyboard mode so you can start typing immediately Installing and Programming the Twiddler The Twiddler comes programmed with the standard default chord mapping We have found that this chord mapping is the most efficient setup for most users of the Twiddler If you would like to change or add chords Twiddler Configurator software is available online at www handykey com Configurator is the program used to configure the Twiddler If you have Java installed you should be able to launch Configurator by double clicking on it Open Configurator then plug in the Twiddler When you plug the Twiddler into your computer for the first time if will enumerate as a standard USB Keyboard device and USB Mouse Device only In order t
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