Keyboard Photo Gallery

This chapter showcases various keyboards, builds, and workspace setups to give you a visual sense of the diversity in mechanical keyboards, especially in the ergonomic and split keyboard space.

Split Keyboards

Split keyboards separate the keys into two halves, allowing you to position each half independently for better ergonomics.

Corne Keyboards

The Corne (also known as Crkbd) is a popular 40% split keyboard with a columnar staggered layout.

Corne keyboard with flat keycaps — Corne with flat keycaps for a uniform look.

Corne keyboard PCB — The Corne PCB with per-key RGB lighting.

Corne keyboard thumb keys — Thumb cluster on the Corne keyboard.

Corne keyboard configured for steno — Corne configured for stenography.

Kyria Keyboards

The Kyria is a split keyboard with support for OLEDs and rotary encoders.

Kyria keyboard with OLEDs and RGB illumination — Kyria with OLED displays and RGB backlighting.

Kyria keyboard side view with rotary encoder — Side view of Kyria showing the rotary encoder.

Kyria with steno keycaps — Kyria configured with steno keycaps for chorded typing.

Georgi Keyboards

The Georgi is a compact split keyboard designed specifically for stenography.

Georgi steno keyboard — The Georgi, a dedicated steno keyboard.

Georgi PCB with NKRO (N-Key Rollover) support for steno.

Comparisons

These comparison photos help visualize the size and layout differences between various keyboard models.

Comparison of 100% and 40% keyboard sizes — Full-size 100% keyboard compared to a compact 40% keyboard.

Comparison of split keyboards: Dactyl Manuform, Kyria, and Georgi — Split keyboards comparison: Dactyl Manuform, Kyria, and Georgi.

Footprint comparison between Dactyl Manuform and Corne — Desk footprint comparison: Dactyl Manuform vs. Corne.

Comparison of Corne and Georgi keyboards — Corne and Georgi side by side.

Workspace Setups

How do these keyboards fit into real workspaces?

Office workspace with multiple keyboards — Testing different keyboards in a real workspace.

Standing desk with Dactyl Manuform and multisteno keyboard — Standing desk setup with Dactyl Manuform and multisteno for maximum productivity.

Multisteno keyboard on a camera tripod — Multisteno mounted on a tripod for optimal positioning.

Miscellaneous Keyboards and Accessories

Stack of various mechanical keyboards — A collection of keyboards: Kyria, Corne, and others.

Changing keycaps on a mechanical keyboard — Keycaps can be easily swapped to change the look and feel of your keyboard.

Rotary encoder buttons — Rotary encoders provide analog input for volume, scrolling, and other controls.

Keyboard shortcuts

Fast and Strain-Free Typing: A Pocket Guide to Mechanical Keyboards, Ergonomics, and Stenography