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We make an intuitive, ambidextrous chording Human Machine Interface HMI for Human Computer Interaction HCI
using a chordic Graphic User Interface GUI, suited to wearable and handheld, onehanded mobile computing devices.

Ambihand not resolveable as either the right or left hand

BreakChord a chord action that is initiated once all digits have been released

Couplet a chord action that requires 2 consecutive chord presses to activate

Chord one or more digits activating appropriate keys to signal an intent

ChordPress the pressing and releasing of one or more digits to form a chord

Digits the fingers or thumb of the user’s hand

Glyph a symbol indicating which digits to press to form a chord

Hand chord value similar to raw chord value, but also representing the left hand

HoldChord similar to a Makechord except that a continuing action is implied

Inactive neither pressed nor released

Keys switches that are pressed and released to form chords

Kord® Kernel low level interface between Kord® Hardware and software

Kord® OS a runtime library which provides Kord® Operational Services

MakeChord is initiated when digits are depressed (or after a delay)

Multiplet requires 2 or more consecutive chord presses to activate

Press to activate a binary input device (eg. switch or key)

Raw chord value a decimalised binary representation of the chord (ambidextrous)

Release to deactivate a binary input device

Singlet a chord action that requires 1 chord press to activate

Singleton a single key chord, ie. only one digit pressed and released

Triplet a chord action that requires 3 consecutive chord presses to activate


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