Testing

Installation

Installing the Keysonic ACK is a relatively simple process. It involves popping in the batteries, plugging in the USB dongle, installing the drivers and it should work. Unfortunately in our case it didn't and I thought this was going to be a lengthy process. However, I was wrong as a quick check into the manual reveals that a simple press on both connect buttons - one on the dongle, the other on back of the board - connects the two and I began to tap away.

Methodology

Due to the strange material used to create this keyboard, it gives a completely different usage experience from a normal one. Therefore for testing the Keysonic ACK, I decided to look at things we take for granted on a standard board: comfort, noise generated and typing ability.

For the comfort test, I looked closely at the reaction of the keys with my fingers and used it for a prolonged period of time. For the noise generation test, we lacked a DB meter than would go low enough to catch the noise of typing so it had to be a "by ear" test. Finally, for the typing ability test, I wrote a short paragraph using lots of different characters and compared my touch typing ability on the Keysonic with that of a standard board.

The standard keyboard used for comparison in some tests was a Logitech "Internet Pro".