Introducing The LocalDeck

We've been working on something really cool.
Come and join us for the announcement!
See what we have to offer: mylocalbytes.com/
Discuss this product on the forum: forum.mylocalbytes.com/
Other guides: blog.mylocalbytes.com/
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[@NeonCoding]

Looking forward to ordering this tomorrow after confirming it's not an April fools product launch - timing could've been a day earlier!

[@LocalBytes]

Haha, I assure you it's not April fools (made sure to release after midday for us)! The boring reason is it's the first day of our tax year today :p

[@JoshComley]

I seriously thought this was April Fools. I'm still not convinced!

[@dluik]

Looks like a great innovative product - great work. I will be getting my order in shortly!

[@LocalBytes]

Thanks for the kind words! Feel free to head over to the forum if you've any questions - forum.mylocalbytes.com/d/11

[@RebeccaMoulding]

Much like!

[@LocalBytes]

Much agree

[@joshcliffejones]

This looks super cool! Perfect for those that love the tactile feel of a button rather than something touchscreen. Id love to see a future "pro" or something alike version of this that uses mini OLED screens for the keys like the Stream Deck does, though I know this is potentially impossible using a single ESP32 due to resource limitations. Love what you are doing and will be looking to pick one up and test :)

[@LocalBytes]

Hi Josh, We completely agree, screens would be great, but would certainly drive up the cost to produce and therefore increase the barrier to entry for new users. That said, a "pro" with a few extra bits and bobs is certainly on the table! (But don't tell anyone you heard that from me :p)

[@Garris_Shrike]

Really cool stuff :)

[@LocalBytes]

We thought so too!

[@boomsig9069]

This would be great for my elderly inlaw. I currently have a tablet with a very slim ui but she has problems with the touch. Just placed my order!

[@LocalBytes]

That's such a fantastic use case. I'm really pleased we'll be able to help!

[@boomsig9069]

@@LocalBytes Just an idea as I'm not sure the keycaps are replaceable. But that would be great for customization (colored keycaps for specific actions) also users could install braille keycaps for visually impaired. GL with the launch! Look forward to getting mine!

[@LocalBytes]

Yup, the caps are fully replaceable. They just use standard MX switches so, there's a lot of choice The ones we ship with you can print your own labels and then put a clear cover on top!

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

really cool device

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

I would be happy to feature this device on my channel if that helps!

[@LocalBytes]

Thanks for the kind words Simon, We're really excited to get this into the hands of our customers!

[@the_smart_home_maker]

Like the idea but for the product to be successful I think you need to work on the design

[@LocalBytes]

We had some really good feedback with our early access group. Curious how you would have changed it!

[@the_smart_home_maker]

@@LocalBytes well design is very subjective 😊 but the general idea of the project is great! 👍🏻

[@ooisee]

I would agree, Key Caps alighnment looks slightly uneven. I wonder are you using some standard switches? (so everyone could re-use already established and crazy market for mechanical keyboard switches?) also there is a full crazy industry on the keycaps - so they could be nice and alighned and have customized engraved (?) captions

[@LocalBytes]

Thanks for the feedback, @ooisee! We are using the standard MX Hot-swap footprint; one of our early-access groups even replaced a few switches with MX-Blue for the clicky feedback. The alignment issue is something we're actively working to resolve. In short, they're caused by poor tolerances in the keycaps, but you can absolutely replace them with your own!