QwerkyWriter S Typewriter Podcasting Notes
 
Product name: QwerkyWriter S Typewriter
 
Manufacturer: Qwerky Toys
 
Website: http://www.qwerkywriter.com
 
Email: support@qwerkytoys.com
 
The Qwerkywriter S Typewriter was inspired by the old fashion manual mechanical typewriters with the first version (the Qwerkywriter) being available in 2015.
 
The QwerkyWriter S Typewriter was available in 2018.
 
Overall Physical Description
The Qwerkywriter S Typewriter is 33CM wide. 18CM depth.  Front hight (on which sits all of the keyboard keys)) 2.5cm at the front sloping up by 3 degrees so that the back row of keys is higher than the front row of keys.  
There is a good gap between the actual keys and the raised back section of the keyboard.
the raised back section (4CM) contains the paper/rest/stand for a phone or tablet), Return Lever on left, paper roller with the paper feed knobs at each end, and 3 spaced paper guards.
 
All key hight from the chassis approximately 1cm giving good travel and excellent mechanical feedback.
All keys are well spaced from each other and between rows.
 
5 rubber round feet, one at each bottom corner, and 1 in the middle at the bottom front edge.
 
When you first touch the Qwerkywriter S Typewriter, you immediately get the feel of all of the high raised well spaced keys, the Return Lever , and the paper feed roller with the chunky paper feed knobs.
 
Main Features
The chassis of the keyboard is mat black powdered coated scratch resistant aluminium - giving a high quality and solid feel.
The top of the keyboard on which the actual keys sit, is moulded from the front edge to the back edge of the actual keyboard area.  The top of the unit where the keys sit extends slightly beyond the left and right edges of the chassis, giving good physical definition.
 
Integrated tablet stand at back top edge - fits most smart phone and tablets such as the iPad or Surface pro as long as they are less than 1.55CMS thick.
The integrated stand extends the full width at the top back of the keyboard with a raised section in the middle, in the old days, this would have supported the paper.
 
Cast metal programmable Return Lever top left hand side - defaults to the Enter key or up to 16 characters or shortcut commands such as cut, copy or paste.
The Return Lever is connected  to the chassis on the left just behind the paper roller which has the paper feed knobs at each end.
Return Lever feels like a dog leg as it comes out, bends slightly to the left, and then straitens out.
The Return Lever extends from just behind the paper roller and ends up to the left of the top 2 rows of the keyboard. i.e. just to the left of the Escape key on the top row which also contains the Function keys from F11 to F12 etc, and the Accent key on the next row down from the top which also contains the numbers from 1 to 0 etc.
Press the FN key + Return Lever to enter macro programming, enter up to 15 characters, short-cut key or press Enter key to set back to default Enter key function.  FN + Return Lever again to end macro programming.
The Return Lever itself, feels very very high gloss and smooth to the touch, compared to the mat finish on the chassis.
To the right of the Return Lever is the small USB Bluetooth toggle button.
This button is on the chassis just behind the paper roller which has the page feed knobs at each end.
There are small LED indicators to the right of the UsB Bluetooth toggle button, and just to the left of the right paper feed knob.  These LED indicators feel like small tactile markers.
 
Dual scroll knob encoders (the paper feed knobs)
These knobs feel like old fashion typewriter paper feed knobs which have horizontal tractor  wheel style treads with an indent in the middle.
The Right knob is set to Vertical Windows Scroll and the left knob is set to volume.
For the volume knob, turning the knob away from you if sitting in front of the keyboard, turns the volume up, and turning it back towards you, turns the volume down.
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