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The latest Freewrite device is a fancy mechanical keyboard built with writers in mind

Astrohaus is taking the wraps off its first mechanical keyboard meant to be used with a Mac or Windows PC.

Mechanical keyboards have largely become the domain of gamers; the company wanted to build a device for people who make their living writing instead. I’d be upset about losing media controls from the function row, but the Wordrunner has it covered with the bright red joystick / button. On the other side, you’ll find three customizable macro keys with the cutesy names “zap,” “pow” and “bam.” They’re programmable for anything you might want, but Astrohaus suggested using them to launch specific writing apps, converting text to title case or inserting the date.

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