GETT has the widest range of glass keyboards.

And the variety of models is reflected in the range of applications you can use them for. They range from design-oriented environments to medical and hygiene-sensitive workplaces. Typing on glass is a totally different feeling to on the mechanical keys of a traditional PC keyboard.

When used as a keyboard surface material, glass offers benefits that are rarely found in other materials.

Hygiene.

Its flat, even, and sturdy surface makes glass perfect when hygiene and cleanliness are the order of the day. Removing grease, oils, bacteria, and germs is child’s play, and disinfectant can be used with virtually no limits.

Resistance.

Glass is surprisingly more durable when compared with other supposedly robust materials. It undergoes a hardening process to make it resistant to mechanical influences such as knocks or vibrations. It also hardly ages over times and can’t fall victim to corrosion. 

Design.

Printing onto glass means that glass keyboards can feature a virtually unlimited range of designs. Apart from the keys and symbols that have to take a fixed position, it’s relatively easy to include free-form designs. 

Inherent stability.

From a certain material thickness (2 millimetres for heat-toughened milk glass), glass has a high level of inherent stability and can therefore be used as both a user interface material and as a mechanical carrier medium.

First-time users may find it odd to type on a surface that is totally flat. But—hand on heart—who isn’t used to long and intensive use of their smartphone’s screen? And although smartphones use a different technology, projective-capacitive touchscreens, the principle remains the same. What does that mean exactly?

Fact 1.
Typing on a keyboard with a glass surface is physiologically better for wrists and fingers than using a traditional PC keyboard. By eliminating a mechanical stroke and the actuating force required to perform it, the entire motor system of the hand can be permanently relieved.

Fact 2.

The fact that the surface is sealed offers the user protection against dirt and therefore development of germ build-up. Simply wipe—and you’re safe and sound.

Fact 3.

You type with your eyes, too! Touch keyboards provide the aha effect and make the most-used office peripheral simply more stylish. It fits perfectly into premium, modern work environments and is a visual highlight instead of the standard dreariness.

Fact 4.

The keys of a mechanical keyboard have a defined actuating force and are therefore the same for each user. Touch keyboards make it possible to set the level of touch-sensitivity to attain a custom feel that suits you.
 

Fact 5.

General user preference is tending towards typing on glass keyboards, as the domination of the smartphone is influencing expectations. Just as the first glass keyboards were regarded with suspicion and hesitancy 15 years ago, today, they are accepted as a matter of course. And it’s not just digital natives who feel at home typing on their smartphones’ screen keypads, but those born into the analogue world. This is precisely what non-virtual touch keyboards facilitate—even large-format ones!