In the near future, you may not need to touch your phone, tablet, or keyboard<teclado> when you want to type <digitar> . That’s the concept <conceito> behind the Tap Strap, an amazing wearable <que se pode vestir> Bluetooth keyboard that converts finger movements <movimento dos dedos> into key presses <teclas digitadas>, so you can tap out <digitar> messages using any surface <superfície> as a virtual keyboard. Don’t expect <Não espere>a visual prompt <comando>, or some laser-projected <projetado por laser> keyboard to guide <guiar> you. It’s all done <tudo feito> using gestures <gestos>. You start by putting on <vestindo> the Tap Strap. It slides <desliza> over your fingers like a glove <luva>, and is made from a soft smart-fabric <tecido> that has sensors inside to analyze finger movements. It can go on either hand <qualquer mão>, or you can wear two for faster two-handed typing <digitar com as duas mãos>.
Tapping with each finger will see a character or number appear on the screen, and it’s possible to punctuate <pontuar> and insert <inserir> special characters using different gestures. While Tap Systems, the company behind the Tap Strap, hasn’t said exactly how it works, a Bloomberg report <relatório> says a single tap <único dedilhar> from each of your five fingers translates <transformam-se> into a vowel<vogal>, and combinations add consonants <adicionam consoantes>. There are apparently 31 possible finger taps, and although <apesar de> an accuracy<precisão> of 99 percent is promised <prometida>, we expect a strong predictive text <texto preditivo> element to play a part of the Tap Strap’s typing skills. Most people struggle <luta> to remember more than handful <punhado> of gestures, let alone 31. Tap Systems sees the Tap Strap as an alternative to voice control,emphasizing <enfatizando> the privacy <privacidade> aspect of using gestures to type messages as one of its major benefits <maiores benefícios>.
The Tap Strap connects using Bluetooth, and therefore <portanto> should operate with almost any mobile device <aparelho móvel>, but the real advantage <vantagem> here could be for use with VR headsets <visor de realidade virtual>. Anyone who has tried typing on the Gear VR — where you must look at each individual character on the screen — will know how laborious <trabalhoso> the process can be. Wear the Tap Strap, and you could tap out commands on your leg. It also negates the problem<evita problemas> of how to type on a smartwatch’s small screen <pequena tela dos smartwatch>, and is already compatible with smart TVs, Windows and Mac OS X, plus Android and iOS devices.
Its use goes beyond <além> virtual keyboard control, and Tap Systems founder<fundador> Ran Poliakine envisages <imagina> it being used for playing music on digital devices, and being incorporated into mixed reality hardware such as Microsoft’s HoloLens headset. To promote <promover> the Tap Strap’s multiple uses, adevelopment <desenvolvimento> kit and a reference design will be available<disponível> to developers <desenvolvedores> and hardware manufacturers<fabricantes>. If you’ve heard Poliakine’s name before, it’s because he also founded Powermat Technologies, one of the companies still battling <lutando> for wireless charging supremacy <supremacia em carregamento>. We’ve also seen various virtual alternative keyboards over the past years, but the Tap Strap seems to be <parece ser> the closest to becoming reality <tornando-se realidade>. It’s on its way out to selected beta testers right now, and the intention is for it to be on sale before the end of the year.
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