My Red LightSpeed

My Red LightSpeed

October 23, 2007

The LightSpeed future

Johnny Jackson has a vision for how the LightSpeed will be in the future. It will be A LOT different than it is now. If you own a LightSpeed now, you probably feel a little like a beta tester. It's exciting, but just a little frustrating when you can't get it just right!

Anyhow, here are a couple of changes that will be implemented in the writer. These are Johnny's comments that I edited out of the first person.

Stenovations is having a proof-of-concept model made that has the STPH FPLT keys as well as SKWR RBGS keys made of two keys. In other words, the T and K keys would be composed of two keys apiece. Johnny believes two small keys will make a more accurate stroke when you hit the crack by virtue of the smaller keys tilting more easily.

Try and see how the number keys tilt more readily on your unit; that is how the keys will operate.

Johnny is having the programmer write a utility that will let the reporter have more control over the "crack" combinations.

Now you can set the threshold for the sensors near the crack. People are setting that very low so they will make sure to get the "crack" stroke but as a result it is too sensitive and they accidentally touch it between strokes.

Johnny is having the programmers provide another approach where you have a setting for the TK, PW, HR, FR, PB key combinations.

You will have a setting where if you hit the T and it reaches threshold and the K goes so far but does not reach threshold that it will still register. You will be able to set the percentage that the key has to register when hit in combination with the key above or below it that has reached threshold.

The top of your finger is more rigid and the bottom soft and that sometimes prevents the bottom key reaching treshold, inasmuch as most of the pressure is focused on the top key.

So if we can tell the program the threshold we set for the sensor near the crack is only applicable when the key above it or below it reaches its threshold and otherwise it has to reach the threshold of the sensor near the middle of the key, Johnny thinks that will improve accuracy.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Greta, I tried this before, but it didn't take for some reason. But this is so interesting! I can hardly wait for anything new on this -- it's just so fun to use! The thing that I'm really intrigued by and just can't even imagine how it will be done is the idea of a single key for Q and A. One thing about this little writer: you'll never get bored. :)