TypeMatrix - The Keyboard is the Key

TypeMatrix Keyboards in the News

"Input Device: EZ-Reach"

   TypeMatrix's EZ-Reach keyboard claims it will make you type faster as well as reduce RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury). It does this by rearranging keys in vertical columns, providing an embedded number pad and repositioning some keys.

   US-based TypeMatrix assures users that its 35.56 x 17.78 x 1.27cm EZ-Reach keyboard will significantly reduce pain in fingers, hands and wrists caused by repetitive strain motions. It claims to achieve this by arranging its keys in columns, offering larger, centrally-positioned Backspace, Tab and Enter keys, as well as providing an embedded number pad. The membrane keys are also meant to offer a light and responsive feel (key force - 55gm +/- 10gm, key travel - 3.00 mm +/- 0.5 mm). The EZ-Reach otherwise uses standard 19mm key sizes.

Other ergonomic enhancements include a split design for your left and right hands, as well as a low profile, which should reduce strain on your wrists. Additionally, the keyboard promotes a neutral mouse placement by letting the mouse sit 2 in. from the user's right hand, says TypeMatrix.

Also bundled with the keyboard is a typing tutor package, called MasterMind, as well as a USB adapter for connecting the keyboard to a PC or Mac.