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 Spaceman Spiff's Chording Keyboard Experiment (or SpiffChorder for
-short) is an experimental platform for creating a USB chording keyboard. A chording keyboard or [[wp>Chorded keyboard]] is an input device where characters can be typed by pressing multiple keys at the same time. A popular design is the 7-key chorder, where one key is used for each of the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and pinky, and 3 keys for the thumb. This can be used with either the left or right hand (or a chorder can be used for each hand, effectively doubling the typing speed). The current incarnation of the SpiffChorder is a 7-key chorder, although because of the easily changeable chord-maps, fewer keys can be used as well. The hardware-design has been designed for chords consisting of up to 8 keys, plus 3 additional keys that can be used as modifiers (ctrl, alt, shift). This allows substantially different chording ideas to be implemented, such as the [[Twidlette]].
+short) is an experimental platform for creating a USB chording keyboard. Stable, reliable and up to the demands of daily use the SpiffChorder is an alternative to conventional keyboards that is simple enough to be built as a first time electronics project.  At the same time, the design allows for modification of the number of keys, the chord mapping and the physical layout providing an ideal platform for experimentaton without having to create a device from the ground up.
+A chording keyboard or [[wp>Chorded keyboard]] is an input device where characters can be typed by pressing multiple keys at the same time. A popular design is the 7-key chorder, where one key is used for each of the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and pinky, and 3 keys for the thumb. This can be used with either the left or right hand (or a chorder can be used for each hand, increasing typing speed). The current incarnation of the SpiffChorder is a 7-key chorder, although because of the easily changeable chord-maps, fewer keys can be used as well. The hardware-design has been designed for chords consisting of up to 8 keys, plus 3 additional keys that can be used as modifiers (ctrl, alt, shift). This allows substantially different chording ideas to be implemented, such as the [[Twidlette]].
 Both the hardware design and software/firmware for the SpiffChorder is open, and you can make modifications as you see fit. The license is based on [[http://www.obdev.at/products/avrusb/license.html|Objective Development's license]], which is now GPL, but with the addition that the hardware is documented and  open as well.