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Product Description:
You miss your old typewriter? You want your Macintosh to play typewriter sounds when you press the keys of your keyboard? You even want your keyboard to play your own sounds?
Then Typewriter Keyboard is what you need!
Typewriter Keyboard allows you to make your keyboard play typewriter sounds or any other sounds.
- It plays typewriter sounds when you press your keyboard keys.
- You can replace the typewriter sounds by your own sounds.
- A free and growing library of new sounds is available.
- You can adjust the sound volume.
- You can activate or mute it with the global hot key combination Control-Alt-Command-T.
- It appears in the right side of the menu bar.
- It doesn't need any installation which makes it very easy to use.
- It is available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish and many other languages.
Read the whole documentation for more details...
What's new in this version:
- An Italian localization has been released.
- Thank you to Massimo Casadei for his translation from English to Italian.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Mac OS X 10.3
- Mac OS X 10.2
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X
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Comparison with Keyclick - Version: 3.8, 7/20/2007 12:09PM PST
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sprindle1
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The program is great... but the original sounds suck... So I got bored... - Version: 3.6, 5/29/2007 11:20PM PST
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msv009
This software is wonderful. I have an old Sears Electric Power 12 and I didn't have enough room in the old honda for it to come with me to college. So b4 I left, I recorded all of its sounds in .aif form. I personally mastered all the sounds and even have a running loop to give it that extra feel, plus a panning carriage return sound for my mac book pro... :-)
go here: http://morgue.niff.us/ent
I dont make money with hits or adds. I'm just an audiophile who wants to see this good program continue to be updated. the sound files are AIFF 16 Bit files.
The frequencies that can be heard in the recordings range from 50Hz to at least 15,000 Hz. You have to use the running loop with a different program though.... :-(
hope you enjoy!
go here: http://morgue.niff.us/ent
I dont make money with hits or adds. I'm just an audiophile who wants to see this good program continue to be updated. the sound files are AIFF 16 Bit files.
The frequencies that can be heard in the recordings range from 50Hz to at least 15,000 Hz. You have to use the running loop with a different program though.... :-(
hope you enjoy!
I am a writer and I love it! 
- Version: 3.4, 2/27/2007 07:43AM PST
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Clams McShrew
I am a freelance writer with articles published in over a dozen national journals and magazines. I also collect antique typewriters as a hobby.
I love this unobtrusive little computer enhancement. It provides useful audible feedback when typing, and it allows users to configure each key to the exact sound of their choosing. You can also adjust the volume of the keyboard w/o effecting the general volume setting of you mac.
As someone who cares very much about writing, I find that hearing keys typed, hearing them the way I want to hear them, is enjoyable and helps me to avoid common errors such as the accidental double typing of keys.
Those who have grown up with junky plastic rectangular typing boxes probably don't appreciate Typewriter Keyboard immediately. If, on the other hand, you first learned to type on a real typewriter, then you know that some advantages are lost with the march of progress. This application bridges the gap, returning to us a few of the niceties and charm inherent in the iconic writing machines of yesteryear.
By the way, if you've never used a mechanical typewriter, or haven't used one in decades, it's a fascinating experience. Remember, those were the machines with which Mark Twain, Hemmingway, Kerouac and 99% of the world's great writers recorded their words. Just try to type on a real typewriter — you'll discover how amazingly strong writer's fingers were back then! Kind of makes you wonder what else has been lost, what else is weaker today.
Ignore the naysayers. Typewriter Keyboard Rocks! 5 Stars.
I love this unobtrusive little computer enhancement. It provides useful audible feedback when typing, and it allows users to configure each key to the exact sound of their choosing. You can also adjust the volume of the keyboard w/o effecting the general volume setting of you mac.
As someone who cares very much about writing, I find that hearing keys typed, hearing them the way I want to hear them, is enjoyable and helps me to avoid common errors such as the accidental double typing of keys.
Those who have grown up with junky plastic rectangular typing boxes probably don't appreciate Typewriter Keyboard immediately. If, on the other hand, you first learned to type on a real typewriter, then you know that some advantages are lost with the march of progress. This application bridges the gap, returning to us a few of the niceties and charm inherent in the iconic writing machines of yesteryear.
By the way, if you've never used a mechanical typewriter, or haven't used one in decades, it's a fascinating experience. Remember, those were the machines with which Mark Twain, Hemmingway, Kerouac and 99% of the world's great writers recorded their words. Just try to type on a real typewriter — you'll discover how amazingly strong writer's fingers were back then! Kind of makes you wonder what else has been lost, what else is weaker today.
Ignore the naysayers. Typewriter Keyboard Rocks! 5 Stars.
After reading the posting by chillywilly5280, I tried Keyclick on my MacBook Pro, and can confirm that when idle it uses 0.0 per cent CPU, in use typically 0.1 per cent, and even if you peck away rapidly at your keyboard, CPU use peaks at 0.3 per cent.
There's a 21-day trial period, after which you have to shell out $5.00.