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5 concept keyboards

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Audio Transcription is one of the most popular means of income for years now. It has become known that a lot of individuals, including professionals need the assistance of transcribers. Over the years, a lot of transcription services have surfaced making the industry very competitive.

To become a transcriptionist you have to be trained for it. One has to have a good command in English. To be a good typist – some companies require a minimum typing speed of 50 words per minute, others a little bit lower. You have to have good hand and eye coordination to type fast and accurate words. Your grammar and spelling should also be above average, and most importantly, you should be reliable to submit files before a deadline.

Equipments a transcriber needs

There are a couple of equipment that a transcriber needs; both hardware and software. This equipment will help the transcriber to make her job a little bit faster.

Transcription software

Foot pedals

Mouse

Keyboard

A lot of companies have emerged and sells quality and affordable transcription equipment for transcribers to use. However, there are those companies who create and modify equipment such as the keyboards that function similarly but appear funny or different. Apparently these weird and funny looking keyboards are being sold online and a lot of typist and computer addicts have purchased them. Let us take a look at some of the funniest looking keyboards available online.

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5 new concept keyboards

1. Flexible keyboard

This keyboard looks exactly like the regular ones however they roll up easily! You can carry them around in your bag because it rolls to a log completely! It just looks funny when you are out in a café and you unroll a small looking mat that turns out to be your keyboard, but it is efficient when you come to think of it and it will never take up space.

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2. The frogpad

This keypad does not look anything like a regular keyboard. It only consists of 20 full size key layouts that revolve around the most used keys. If you are the kind of typists who would love to have one hand free and just use a hand in typing, then frogpad is for you.

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3. The data hand keyboard.

Like the frogpad, this does not have any resemblance whatsoever to the regular QWERTY keyboard. This ergonomic keyboard contains 132 keys that are distributed into 5 switches all situated around the finger tips of the typist. This keyboard promises a decrease or eradication of carpal tunnel syndrome or repetitive movement injuries.

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4. The abKey Revolution

This revolutionary keyboard promises to make typist type twice as fast, and is more comfortable compared to the regular keyboard. This keyboard has said its farewell to the QWERTY keyboard where it just makes a typist type really slow. The abKey has been made alphabetical where the most common keys are located near the home row. Its V shape makes it comfortable for anyone to use.

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5. Orbitouch keyless keyboard

Now this is something weird. A keyless keyboard. No need to type in keys which hurts your hands and fingers. All you need to do is turn those knobs and you are ready to become productive again.

It really is interesting to know that there are keyboard which perks up the creative side of typists. They may look funny and weird but all of them come with two things in mind – revolution and comfort.

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