Editing Category:Backtyping keyboards

A '''Backtyping keyboard''' is a device held with two hands like a gamepad and typed with the fingers on the back.
Modifier keys are often on the top, to be operated with the thumbs.

It is common for a device of this type to display the key layout on the top.
This display could be printed (Alphagrip), printed with reactive [[backlighting]] (TREWGrip) or completely virtual on the display screen of the device that the keyboard is paired with (RearType, AlphaUI BackType).

==Keyboards without articles==
* [https://www.yogitype.com Yogitype]
* [https://grabshell.io/ Grabshell]: Can also be unfolded onto a desk and operated as a [[Staggering#Columnar layout|columnar]] keyboard
* Microsoft Research's '''RearType'''<ref name="engadget_reartype">Engadget: [http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/microsoft-research-reveals-reartype-puts-qwerty-back-where-it-b/ Microsoft Research reveals RearType, puts QWERTY back where it belongs]. Retrieved 2016-04-22</ref>: Rough prototype made from an [[ErgoDex]] graphics tablet with separate key modules velcro'ed to a tablet PC.
* '''Grippity''' -- Layout is not rotated to take advantage of muscle memory but the keyboard is transparent.<ref name="engadget_grippity">Engadget: [https://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/grippity-back-typing-keyboard-hands-on/ Grippity back-typing keyboard hands-on]. Retrived 2017-01-24</ref>
* '''TREWGrip''': Funding unsuccessful on [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/trewgrip/trewgrip-mobile-qwerty-the-next-evolution-in-typin Kickstarter].
* '''Octodon''': Funding unsuccessful on [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/octodon/octodon Kickstarter]
* AlphaUI '''Back-Type'''. <ref>Oh Gizmo! - [http://www.ohgizmo.com/2010/10/07/alphaui-back-type-adds-a-physical-keyboard-to-the-back-of-your-tablet/ AlphaUi Back-Type Adds A Physical Keyboard To The Back Of Your Tablet]. Dated 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2017-02-14</ref><ref>''AlphaUI France'' channel on Youtube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwIRHiT5htE AlphaUi - I back-type with rear keyboard for tablets]. Dated 2010-10-04. Watched 2017-02-14</ref>

==See also==
* [[:Category:Vertical keyboards|Category:Vertical keyboards]]. Some backtyping keyboards can be used vertically, making them also vertical keyboards.

==References==
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[[Category:Handheld keyboards]]