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DESCRIPTION
Typewriter Keyboard... 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 on our website.
- You can adjust the sound volume.
- 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 English, French and many other languages.
Read the whole documentation for more details.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 4.0: - A full recompilation has been made to be compatible with Leopard.
- The graphical interface has been unified.
- A Portuguese localization has been released.
- A Korean localization has been released.

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| Typewriter Keyboard User Reviews (16 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Aug 22 2007 |
PLASTERPYRUS I gave this thing a try and I said its OK, even kind of fun for awhile. Then it started to anoy me after awhile, so I turned it off and kinda forgot about it. Well I recently came across it again and I said to myself I'll give it a whirl, so I went to the developers sight to see how much it cost. Well this guy must be kidding! 20.00 dollars for this, sheez louis! Made me think how much I appreciate developers that give their time and know how, to give us (the mac community ) those real gems for free ( or donnations )! (Version 3.9) | |
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 | May 30 2007 |
PALADINO Yeah, €15(about $20, currently) for this is HORRIBLY overpriced(I think ALL this developer's software is horribly overpriced).....but "Keyclick" works beautifully and is only $2.50. (Version 3.6) | |
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 | Feb 26 2007 |
PENGUIRL Keyclick: $2.50; 0.30% CPU while in use. Typewriter Keyboard: €15 (about $18); 8.20% CPU when IDLE! 'nuff said. (Version 3.4) | |
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 | Feb 20 2007 |
HENRIKTEKNIK Also check Keyclick: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24053 Keyclick does the same, except for letting you choose custom sounds from the interface (although you can do it manually via 'Show Package Contents' in Keyclick's prefpane and replacing the sounds within). 15 euros for Typewriter Keyboard... ...$2.50 for Keyclick (that'd be approx. 1.90 euro) The rest is your choice. (Version 3.4) | |
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 | Feb 15 2007 |
ORION MK. V Works well, but too pricey for a one trick pony. About $10 is fair for something like this. (Version 3.2) | |
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 | Jan 24 2007 |
10CH I downloaded this program and then saw in the comments that Mac has a similar option pre-installed by turning on certain things in the Sound/Universal Access system preferences. I decided to try this program anyway, after using the Apple solution for a day. Typewriter Keyboard is remarkably better... first because you don't have to live with a slow keystroke repeat, which honestly drove me crazy. And second because you can turn off sounds for certain keys (like shift, command, ctrl, option, esc...) and you can play different sounds for different keys (like delete, space, enter). It really is a completely different kind of solution than the Apple one (and much preferred if you ask me). So, since it's free to tryout, I would definitely give both solutions a go. You might be annoyed by typing sounds on a keyboard and it's not worth the $15 bucks (honestly I'm not sure after only two days if I'll purchase the program), but to say you get the same experience from both solutions is a falsity. (Version 2.10) | |
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 | Dec 12 2004 |
ANONYMOUS I have been searching for an app like this for a year or more. Aural feedback when a key makes contact allows me to type faster. Unfortunately, the one that comes with the Mac OS slows everything down and is not practical for speed typing. TK 2.7 has its own problems. First, although you can change the sounds for each key, there appears to be no way to SAVE the sound key mappings so that they autoload next time you start the programs. Second, I agree that $15 is absurd. There are a bazillion tiny interface improvements, such as this one, and at $15 each we will soon spend double the cost of the OS. My solution? Spend $80 for a keyboard with both tactile and aural feedback. We'll see how it works. (Version 2.7) | |
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 | Oct 20 2004 |
SOFAMYSTIC the typewriter sound as you press keys is built into panther. got his hint from macosxhints and it works great... "In System Preferences, click Sound and turn on "Play user interface sound effects." Then switch to the Universal Access pane. In the Keyboard tab, turn on Slow Keys, and move its Acceptance delay slider all the way to the right (Short). Confirm that "Use key click sounds" is turned on. Click Show All to activate the changes. Now start typing and enjoy this sonic blast from the past. (Much to your chagrin, there's enough of a delay to drive you crazy, if you're a reasonably fast typist.)"- from mac osxhints website. (Version 2.7) | |
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 | Jul 8 2004 |
LETTERPRESS LOUIE Built on the back of the famous TappyType. Slicker interface. But unlike TT - which was freeware - you can't apply TK to certain applications only without repeatedly opening and closing it. Seems to me that this is overpriced. Nice icon, though. (Version 2.6) | |
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 | Oct 10 2004 |
ANONYMOUS The icon was stolen (Version 2.7) | |
 | Jun 23 2004 |
SCOTT DUTTON While it may or may not be a bit overpriced, it was worth it to me, and I gladly paid the fee. I don't miss the mechanical issues of a typewriter, but the sounds are part of the writing process for me and it's great to hear the clack and ding once again. It's perfect on my iBook. Thanks for the fun. (Version 2.4) | |
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