Rubber / Silent keyboard

Khannie · 05-09-2005 3:44pm #1

Anyone know where I can get a (properly) silent / rubbery keyed keyboard with a UK / IE layout?

Currently have one of those Dell "silent" ones at home. Not very silent at all tbh.

Endurance Man · 05-09-2005 4:00pm

Iv seen in maplin they have those rubber 1's. Think you can also fold it up. I did try it out and cant see how it could make any noise

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Khannie · 05-09-2005 4:07pm

Nice one. Endurance man ftw! Might get one on my way home. Which maplins did you see it in? Any idea of cost?

edit: Can't see any (obviously) rubber ones on the maplin site. Would you have a look here and see if you can see it?

Endurance Man · 05-09-2005 4:13pm

Not sure about the cost but it was the dublin branch, around the corner from Peats

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mp3guy · 05-09-2005 5:12pm

the labtec ultra flat keyboard is as quiet as a laptop keyboard, and with the notepad size keys, much easier to type on, boosted my WPM by about 20

Khannie · 05-09-2005 7:57pm

mp3guy wrote:

and with the notepad size keys, much easier to type on, boosted my WPM by about 20

Can you elaborate on that? What's different about notepad sized keys? I'm already a fast typer (though I use a natural keyboard for most of my typing). Were you fast before?

jjmax · 05-09-2005 11:10pm

Sinclair Spectrum has built-in rubber keyboard....just a thought...

Khannie · 06-09-2005 9:51am

I remember it. 48K zx spectrum.

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You'd be amazed at how many hits you get for speccy's when you type "rubber keyboard" into google.

mp3guy · 06-09-2005 3:52pm

Khannie wrote:

Can you elaborate on that? What's different about notepad sized keys? I'm already a fast typer (though I use a natural keyboard for most of my typing). Were you fast before?

They're flatter, that way your fingers don't hit off overly tall keys, i was about 50 wpm, now i'm about 70.

Heres a pic

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pickarooney · 06-09-2005 6:04pm

I used to love typing on the old SPARC keyboards, pity they never made a similar one for PCs.

Dundhoone · 07-09-2005 1:54pm

any update on this?

I need to get hold of either a very quiet keyboard or as a last resort, a rubber board to solve a key-pounding-staffmember-driving-everyone-crazy type problem.

I'll try to find someplace that sells those labtec ones.

wavin · 07-09-2005 3:21pm

not too sure about how silent it would be but it definatly a rubber keybaord

Dundhoone · 07-09-2005 4:40pm

yeah but it might not be wise to give the person a rubber keyboard, they might get a complex .............it being the only rubber keyboard in the office

Rubber / Silent keyboard

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