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The Banks Keyboard is designed to only use 9 keys, 8 letter keys and one space key. It is still under development, and there are currently only the 26 letters and space.

The Layout

Using the example of the home row on a QWERTY keyboard, this would be how it might translate:
{| border="a"
|-
|h||m|| || ||v|| || || || a
|-
| ||n||c|| ||p|| ||q|| || s
|-
| || ||o||d||g||j|| || || d
|-
| || || ||t||w|| || || || f
|-
| || || ||f||e|| || || || j
|-
| || ||x||y||r||a|| || || k
|-
| ||h|| ||b|| ||l||i|| || l
|-
| || || ||k|| || ||u||s|| ;
|-
|__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__|| 2nd^
|-
|a||s||d||f||j||k||l||;|| < 1st
|}
It is designed to have the highest frequency letters "double letters" where you hit the same key twice. It assumes that "j" is the easiest to press, and "a" is the hardest. (Over 100's of keystrokes) The order from there is "jfkdls;a"

For example:

"the" would be "ffaajj"

Practical Uses

On ever-decreasing sizes of mobile devices, space is decreasing, and is needing less and less buttons.

Can be used on a 10-keyed mobile phone.

External Links

The Banks Keyboard