Is anyone making modern non-qwerty typewriters (I've heard some existed in Dvorak, but I'd want Workman), maybe also split/spaced apart and with thumb keys for stuff like backspace and space? My computer keyboard is just too good to use the typewriters of old. Maybe it would be better to have some sort of middle man hardware that could take the USB keyboard signals and move the mechanical parts in response, so you could plug in any keyboard.
Modern?.. not to my knowledge; Dvorak could be DIY'd somewhat easily by manually moving typebars (characters are exchangeble, albeit with a lot effort, on most typewriters). Dvorak typeballs do exist for IBM Selectrics (just relabel the keys... or touch type).
An easier solution to your last question could involve the 1970-era Selectric II, which already has a built-in DAC (and OEM add-ons to e.g. turn your typewriter into a Telex printer)... which could easily interface with a USB keyboard (instead of the typewriter's onboard keys).
Maybe it would be better to have some sort of middle man hardware
Part of a reason to avoid this would be that this "friction" disuades the simplicity of just using a typewriter on any whim. If yours is not an electric model, you don't even need to turn anything `ON`.
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Is anyone making modern non-qwerty typewriters (I've heard some existed in Dvorak, but I'd want Workman), maybe also split/spaced apart and with thumb keys for stuff like backspace and space? My computer keyboard is just too good to use the typewriters of old. Maybe it would be better to have some sort of middle man hardware that could take the USB keyboard signals and move the mechanical parts in response, so you could plug in any keyboard.
Modern?.. not to my knowledge; Dvorak could be DIY'd somewhat easily by manually moving typebars (characters are exchangeble, albeit with a lot effort, on most typewriters). Dvorak typeballs do exist for IBM Selectrics (just relabel the keys... or touch type).
An easier solution to your last question could involve the 1970-era Selectric II, which already has a built-in DAC (and OEM add-ons to e.g. turn your typewriter into a Telex printer)... which could easily interface with a USB keyboard (instead of the typewriter's onboard keys).
Part of a reason to avoid this would be that this "friction" disuades the simplicity of just using a typewriter on any whim. If yours is not an electric model, you don't even need to turn anything `ON`.