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The above link now points to the current version of NumChord, in html format. The version is 1.03 beta. I call it 03 because I've made some significant improvements, but the only testing I've done is some basic typing. It's stable, but also relatively featureless, so that doesn't say much. 1.1 will be this version of the script, as good as it can get. 1.2 will be the next chording system I try to implement using this script, and 2.0 will be all the implementations rolled into one, with a configuration GUI to configure various settings and switch systems.

If you'd rather get the compiled script, along with the source AHK and the ReadMe, download this ZIP:

NumChord.zip

Please reply if you're not interested too, so I can know whether to continue development on this or just leave it where it stands. This barrenness is quite disconcerting.

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Stay motivated. While it could be that there's a lack of interest here, offer it at a forum of NumChord addicted. This will spread the word for AHK:!: , makes you happy , famous and rich

btw: I'm still waiting for a reliable voice recognition option. If I should start to write with one hand (5 fingers) - would mean to use 3 more fingers, an increase of 150%

I've always found the "any key" amusing.

I think that's the issue: that chording is a niche area that isn't well-known yet. Maybe it will catch on someday, but if the Dvorak layout is any indication, it will probably always be somewhat obscure.

Oh well. It was very good practice with icons and compiling, but the code needed more refinement and LOTS of time. You try mapping the whole keyboard onto nine keys and see how long it takes you. Anyway, I'll start focusing my efforts onto other things, like that menu version of Seek I never got around to. Or maybe I'll start some brainstorming ideas I've never finished. I'll keep this thread up, and continue to develop NumChord (for personal use), so if anyone else is truly interested in this, I'll revive it.

As a note, BoBo and Chris... this was really just some neat idea I got, not a full-fledged program that I'd seriously advertise. The icons were fun to make anyway. Thanks, though.

As for voice recognition... that joke is starting to get old. Yeah, sure, we'll just use the microphone hook... What? lol.

If that's the case - we can't wait to see the full-fledged ones.
Go on jonny

TY.

I'm currently working on rewriting SlickRun in AHK so I can add some much-wanted functionality to it. I just have to make enough different that it won't be copyright infringement. It will support .qrs files and do everything the original does. As soon as I work some issues out, it should be ready to go. The main things I have yet to do are the config GUI and the .qrs support. There's some limitations with IniRead (.qrs files are in INI format) that make it harder to fully implement them. Also, Chris, do FileReadLine and/or IniRead see hidden files? (So I can FileSetAttrib INIs to be hidden) thx.

LOL I just thought of this: TrickRun



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Yes. In fact, all commands see hidden files. The only way not to see them is to have the script consult the hidden attribute and skip them.

Jonny, your numpad idea is of interest to me. I'm trying set up a one handed chording also using the numeric pad. But I'm having difficulty distinguishing chorded keys, and quick sequenced keys. I used a timer which works in distinguishing them except I still can't get the part where if I press and hold j key, then press k, I should be getting ji. But instead I get jk.

Did you have a chance to figure this out? You no longer have your numpad up for trying. Can I still try it? Where is it located?

have you looked at this?

This link for numchord isnt working anymore - anyone know where i can get it?

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Thanks for the link, Laslo. But that's for a num keypad that enables you to press the same key 3 times to rotate among 3 letters. I'm looking for chording ideas where you press simultaneous keys, like you would with a piano. Suppose you wanted to convert your keyboard into a piano keyboard where you could press multiple keys to get chords. What commands and functions with AHK would you be using to do this?

If Jonny can get back on board and show us how he did his chording, I'd be interested to see if it works. He said it was a work in process, then I no longer see his link.

There are physical limitations of keyboards about how many and which keys you could get recognized, when they get pressed simultaneously. On my laptop if two or more keys are pressed in a column (1QAZ, 2WSX…) only the topmost one is recognized. Other keyboards could scan the keys differently, so I don't think you can have a universal solution. Only the modifier keys pressed with other keys are guaranteed to work.

For a particular keyboard you can find if your favorite accords are recognizable, by pressing them in different orders then look at the key history. My Microsoft Bluetooth wireless keyboard does not seem to have limitations up to four keys pressed together, so your chances are not bad.