User`s Manual v.0.0.3
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1. 1 A capital letter will follow automatically these Chordons Sp Sp Sp They are practical when a new sentence is started today Nobody had 2 You can type a space and just a single word in numbers by Sp 123abc Next space will turn letters back on but in 2015 it should 3 A space and a capital letter can be entered by Sp Shift meet John 4 You can type just a single word in capitals by Shift WordRight Next space will turn capitals off that GKOS can be 5 You can delete the next whole word by Shift Del 6 You can delete the previous whole word by Shift Backspace 7 You can type single digits within text quicker by using Chordons e g SYMB a to get 1 instead of typing two separate characters SYMB and a 7th May The same can be applied to other SYMB characters as well R amp D 8 you Chordon Two or more chords characters are typed one after the other without releasing common keys that belong to both of those chords during the change of the chords or if there are no common keys overlapping the chords so that that there is no condition of all keys up between the chords There are more examples of using chordons further in the manual GKOS Keys as a Mouse Mouse Mode The six GKOS keys can also be used to emulate mouse operation You can move the mouse pointer in several speeds scroll the page and click mouse buttons including object dragging Start the2. T ay an ZS ZY Letters and Numbers He L EJ FJ EE HN pu H HE E EJ EJE EB E 123abc Switch between letters and numbers by pressing all six keys down briefly Space Press all 3 keys on the right hand side Spacebar DEF Backspace Press all 3 keys on the left hand side Backspacebar ABC Punctuation E E E IE EN 11 EJ E E E 13 7 Shift That s it Now you can use the GKOS keyboard to enter basic text for emails and text messages Draft contents list Basic things There will be more instructions here for selecting more characters etc National layouts switching between English and national Alt 123abc Advanced things Instructions get more specific towards the end of the document Word Shortcuts GKOS Keys as a mouse Special Functions of the PC Keyboard Text formatting hints and tricks GKOS Keys as Mouse Special Functions of the PC Keyboard GKOS Modes GKOS Symbol Sets Character Lists For now please see the figures at the end of this manual for complete character lists National Layouts If you are using a national layout of the GKOS keyboard you can always switch to the English layout and back by Alt 123abc Each national layout has a list of 781 pre programmed basic shortcut words Text Formatting Hints and Tricks There are several ways to speed up typing by using Chordons properly
3. j oJ e B ALD x 2 5 See A gt Y W s Bo 6 A Ss W L i me Qu Mm amp v enw Each black 2 key combination above is a shift function simultaneous to obtain the rest of the letters in each group or just produces the letter marked on it when pressed alone The main principle is that for frequently used characters only 1 to 3 simultaneous key presses are needed but for functions more This way typing is lighter and functions will not be activated by mistake if typing carelessly The four national characters vary in different national versions of the keyboard SHIFT SYMB ABC 123 The 123 ABC mode change toggles between the two character sets black and grey inside the frame shown above With SYMB single characters can be picked from the parallel set even outside the frame For example semicolon is SYMB followed by period SHIFT is used only for upper case letters Two consecutive SHIFTs set CAPS LOCK and one SHIFT has an effect only on one character or turns CAPS LOCK off 85 BackSpace 138 ag PgDn Navigation including space and backspace is a self evident set The blue triangles depict word left right CTRL Arrow Left Right on QWERTY Esc Ctrl Alt Delete Insert Tab Enter Each control function has an appearance that helps to remember its meaning For clarity the numbers are shown here second tim
4. Mode reserved 6 Mode of Mode reserved Up Mode reserved Dn Mode reserved PgUp Mode reserved PgDn Mode reserved X Mode reserved Mode reserved for mathematical symbols mode Mode reserved Mode reserved Mode reserved Mode reserved Sh Mode GKOS Mouse Mode Ins Mode reserved Mode reserved Mode to Mode reserved Mode and Mode reserved Sp Mode Space and then 123 Mode active until the next Space Bs Mode reserved RightArrow Mode reserved LeftArrow Mode reserved WordRight Mode 123 Mode active until the next Space WorfLeft Mode reserved Tab Mode reserved End Mode reserved Home Mode reserved Alt Mode Reserved for switch between native and English chararcter sets layouts Del Mode reserved Ctrl Mode reserved Enter Mode reserved Esc Mode reserved SYMB Mode reserved Mode reserved Mode reserved GKOS Symbol Sets Several 62 parallel Symbol sets of the GKOS can be used by entering a character or a function followed by SYMB without releasing the keys between as a chordon e g a SYMB After this the next symbol will be picked from a parallel symbol set of 30 symbols 62 x 30 1860 extra symbols available Press SYMB Set Used SYMB Standard parallel set Numbers and Symbols found on QWERTY a SYMB reserved b SYMB reserved c SYMB reserved d SYMB reserved e SYMB reserved f SYMB reserved g_SYMB reserved h_SYMB reserved i_SYMB reserved j_SYMB reserved k_SYMB reserved S
5. 27 January 2008 Instructions for use Version 0 0 3 K DRAFT User s Manual for Global Keyboard Optimised for Small Wireless Devices GKOS global keyboard kOs E 8 open standard GKOS Project Keyboard operating instructions THIS DOCUMENT IS MAINTAINED BY SEPPO TIAINEN GKOS 2GKOS COM WHO ALSO HOLDS THE COPYRIGHT FOR IT THE GKOS CONCEPT HOWEVER IS AN OPEN STANDARD THAT CAN BE FREELY APPLIED CONTENTS Preface Quick Start Basic Character sets PC QWERTY Functions on GKOS F1 F12 Windows keys etc Additional Functions Shortcuts Foreword Thank you for your interest in the GKOS keyboard designed for fast typing on very small devices The name comes from Global Keyboard Open Standard but you will find that these four letters have something to do with the system itself This manual has been designed so that the beginner can start typing just after quickly studying the first page of the instructions 1 Quick Start More features are explained in later chapters most common first then gradually going deeper in details up to the many inherent capabilities of the GKOS that simply are always there to be found and to be used whenever needed Some information is intended for most advanced users only One of the nice things in GKOS is that it is easy to start with supposing you accept the complety new concept and later if you wish you can start taking advantage of the additio
6. Mouse Mode End the Mouse Mode ele Bu ae ME as ae Shift 123abc or just Shift 123abc 123abc Move the mouse pointer to 8 directions by pressing single keys a b c d e f or Up UpArrow or Dn DownArrow Hold down the key s for continuous movement yh A gt vr Move the mouse pointer faster to the same 8 directions by pressing o Bs BackSpace s Sp Space g k PgUp Page Up or PgDn PageDown Left Click Middle Click Right Click TH S w or Shift scroll wheel click Dragging with GKOS Mouse Action on a standard mouse How to do that on GKOS in Mouse Mode Left button down Type Move pointer to drag object See above how to move the mouse pointer Left Button up to release object Type or click by TH or Shift Scroll Wheel Scroll Up Scroll Up faster Scroll Down Scroll Down faster view down view up 7 of x a Optional way to scroll In Mouse Mode the display can also be scrolled by SYMB Up DnArrow or SYMB PgUp Dn in the same way as it can be done in the normal typing mode Special Functions of the PC Keyboard Several functions found on the PC keyboard can be selected on GKOS by using simple 2 character Chordons i e two characters are tied together as indicated by _ below Type the first character dark grey keys and then hold down those keys while the next character is entered dark grey light grey keys Based on SYMB AltGr _SYMB Shift AltGr Functi
7. YMB reserved m SYMB reserved n SYMB reserved o SYMB reserved p SYMB reserved q SYMB reserved r SYMB reserved s SYMB reserved t SYMB reserved u SYMB reserved v SYMB reserved w SYMB reserved x SYMB reserved y SYMB reserved z SYMB reserved SYMB a SYMB reserved SYMB the SYMB reserved SYMB of SYMB reserved up to this more than 900 special characters can be selected Up SYMB Function keys F1 to F16 Dn SYMB reserved recommended for special use from this down PgUp SYMB reserved PgDn SYMB reserved X SYMB reserved SYMB reserved recommended for mathematical symbols set SYMB reserved SYMB reserved SYMB reserved SYMB reserved Sh SYMB reserved Ins SYMB reserved _SYMB reserved SYMB to SYMB reserved SYMB and SYMB reserved Sp SYMB reserved Bs SYMB reserved RightArrow_SYMB reserved LeftArrow_SYMB reserved WordRight_SYMB reserved WorfLeft_SYMB reserved Tab_SYMB reserved End_SYMB reserved Home_SYMB reserved Alt_SYMB Reserved for picking single symbols and words from native English char set layout Del_SYMB reserved Ctrl SYMB Reserved for function keys F1 to F16 optionally see also Up SYMB Enter SYMB reserved Esc SYMB reserved Mode SYMB reserved SYMB Shift AltGr on QWERTY _SYMB AltGr on QWERTY This is just material to be used in the detailed instructions above 1 The complete character set ao 7 n 22 S o s 1 M
8. e to indicate the position of all number pad symbols 2 The national character sets The character locations for letters U A and A above can be different in national versions of the GKOS keyboard layout They can even be used as shortcuts to common whole words or as shifts to be followed by a letter to get four new sets of 26 characters words or even both if the GKOS chordon technique is used national shift letter gives a stored word or a special character if typed as a chordon else it will give directly the word letter marked on it followed by the next letter s See http gkos com for more detailed national layout descriptions Alternative way to decribe some functions DRAFT material NSN 2 GO Insert SYMB AltGr Shift AltGr z letters numbers e Q l 4 2 p Keyboard help on the screen virtual keyboard on this display can be used before memorizing the alphabet When the SYMB key or the ABC key is pressed the symbols on the keys will change accordingly 7 MM 1 E BH J I
9. nal features like shortcuts for the most frequently used words and tricks for quick text formatting bold etc There are hundreds of complete words available You will be astonished how much can be done with six keys only Seppo Tiainen Veikkola FINLAND The Global Keyboard Open Standard was developed by Seppo Tiainen during years 1999 and 2000 It was first published on 5 October 2000 and further refinement of the concept has been done since that Typing speeds of 250 characters per minute 50 WPM have been achived with it 1 minute of typing ordinary text i e letters punctuation To find out the latest information on GKOS visit the website at http gkos com 1 Quick Start Hold the device by two hands so that the index finger middle finger and ring finger of each hand are on the six GKOS keys ABC and DEF on the back panel Do not move these fingers from their home keys while typing There are single keys for letters A to F You need to press two keys simultaneoulsy for letters G K O S and W as shown below These five letters are also used as Shifts to select alternative letters on the three single keys of the other hand The Shift and a letter key are pressed and then released all at the same time Thumbs can be used for pointer control etc and pinkies can help supporting the device The 3 keys on one side of the device produce letters depending on the shift function pressed on the other side_ E A D H L pil T
10. on Keys F1 to F12 Spare SYMB Up SYMB followed by Dn SYMB A to M 1 9 V2 amp Based on PgUp and PgDn Left Windows Key Start Flying Win s PgDn Num Lock n PgDn Bold b PgDn To consider System Request Font Find Copy Paste Right Windows Key Flying Window k PgDn Scroll Lock c PgDn Italics EIS i PgUp Underline u PgDn q PgUp f PgDn f PgDn c PgDn v PgDn Right Windows Key Applications Menu a B m PgDn Print Screen Break Pause Ee G3 ES p PgUp b PgUp Help F1 FS RE h_PgUp GKOS Modes Several 62 Modes of the GKOS be activated by entering a character a function followed by Mode without releasing the keys between as a chordon e g m_Mode Mode is the same key combination as 123abc i e all keys down Any Mode stays on until Mode is pressed again Press Mode entered 123abc Mode 123 Mode and Return from any Mode to abc Mode a_Mode reserved b_Mode reserved c_Mode reserved d_Mode reserved e Mode reserved f_Mode reserved g_Mode reserved h_Mode reserved i_Mode reserved j_Mode reserved k_Mode reserved Mode reserved m Mode GKOS Mouse Mode optional n Mode reserved o Mode reserved p Mode reserved q Mode reserved r Mode reserved s Mode reserved t Mode reserved u Mode reserved v Mode reserved w Mode reserved x Mode reserved y Mode reserved z Mode reserved Mode a Mode reserved Mode the
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