Tap Strap 2

Each time you tap your fingers, the Tap wearable detects which fingers have tapped and sends a corresponding character or command to your paired bluetooth device.

The Tap Strap consists of five flexible rings, connected together by strips of braided nylon. Each ring contains a three-axis accelerometer, and the thumb ring also contains a six-axis IMU, an optical mouse chip, haptic element, battery, and circuit board. The nylon braid contains conductors that bring the signals from the sensors to the circuit board, where an MCU collects the data, derives the tap combination, and transmits the information via Bluetooth.

The Tap Strap operates in three modes that are automatically activated based on the position of the users hand. The default mode is Keyboard Mode. When the user rests their thumb on a surface, Tap switches to Mouse Mode, and when the thumb is lifted, it switches back into Keyboard Mode. When the hand is turned so that it is perpendicular to the surface, (like shaking hands), then Tap goes into Air Mouse Mode, and when the hand is turned parallel to the surface, (the palm is facing down), it switches back to Keyboard Mode.

Tap works with nearly every Bluetooth enable device that accepts HID input and at its core is a bluetooth keyboard, mouse and game controller. You can use it to compose text, control your mouse and play mobile games. It is ideal for:

- Texting on your phone, tablet and computers
- Typing up emails, letters, poems, papers
- Searching on SmartTV’s, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Virtual Reality, Phones, Tablets, Computers & Laptops
- Editing spreadsheets on laptops, tablets and computers
- Typing in virtual and augmented reality environments
- Controlling PowerPoint Presentation
- Navigate around your computer, tablet & smartphones with the mouse unit
- Select, Copy, Paste, Drag & Drop files, folders and apps using the mouse
- Creating loops and other effects in music product applications
- Turning complex macros into simple finger taps
- Controlling your favourite videos games on Xbox One, PC and Mac
- Controlling CAD Modelling software
- And much more

Learning to Tap takes about 90 minutes – which is approximately one tenth of the time that it takes to learn to touch-type.

There are two ways to learn how to Tap: via TapGenius or via the TapManager Keyboard.

You will learn to Tap by playing the TapGenius (iOS, Android, Windows, YouTube) Learning Game, which takes you through the Tap Alphabet using a series of fast, engaging challenges. TapGenius was designed with the help of Learning Neuroscience specialists at Stanford University. It breaks down the alphabet into eight simple learning groups of taps and each group takes approximately ten minutes to learn. Punctuation is introduced over time in each round, so once you are finished you will know all letters as well as punctuation.

Once you have learned the alphabet, our supplementary learning app, TapAcademy, will make you a master tapper with just two to three weeks of playing 10 minutes a day of practice games and speed tests.

Users who would like a more out of box tapping experience can learn via the TapManager Keyboard app. This is a keyboard extension that allows you to access the Tap Alphabet at any time within any app.

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