Building a mirrored keyboard
8/5/2024
I sat at a cafe next to a man named Jim Houliston who wrote a book on “dual dominance” called BIG3MMD. See, this guy was reading a web article but all the text was mirrored: meaning the b’s looked like d’s and read right to left. I ask him what he’s up to and he launches into an impassioned explanation of how he believes that we as humans are divinely created to use both our hands equally.
He showed me his reading mirror used to read books like he was viewing his screen. He claims that he has greatly improved his Spanish reading this way.
He told me that he greatly desired to own a mirrored keyboard like this one which I’m writing on and about.
It is certainly a workout to try to type this out, but like writing with the other less-dominant hand, I’m improving my accuracy and speed over time.
This was my first time building a custom keyboard. It cost about 250 dollars after shipping and taxes.
It’s a solid feeling keyboard with a hefty aluminum case and Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 Switches.
The only difficulty was soldering the switches to the PCB. Also after assembly, two keys seemed to not work. However, I was able to remap them appropriately using a web-based application.
