CHEIRO Francis Lam Sociable Media Group MIT Media Lab

Keyboard as a Visual Instrument In this version of Cheiro, I try to use the keyboard as the only input device for making the text more expressive. The concept is to use a normal keyboard as a "visual instrument" that creates kinetic typography and graphics according to the user's hand gestures. The user can switch from the normal typing mode to the expressive mode by pressing the TAB key. The interaction is intuitive and convenient especially when the communication platform is on a small mobile device. Demo - Cheiro_key { Francis Lam 2005 }