oskda
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Such an overlay might help if one like to change the layout, though I'm not sure if there is enough space between the Keys for readable Letters. From the renders, it looks like the gap would be somewhere between 1 and 2 mm. Also the alternative layout next to the original one might be confusing.
But if the space might big enough, you could make self made overlays not just for custom keyboard layouts but also for specific games. Like the overlays for some home computers/consoles like, Texas Instruments(so things come full circle ) 99/4a and Interton vc4000.
So that would add an additional layer of retro-ness
For example some HP calculators and pocket computers had that system: the were designed to insert a keyboard overlay. For example original HP 48 serie has that system. One overlay example: http://ep.yimg.com/ay/calculatorsou...rd-overlay-for-hp-48-series-calculators-1.gif
Even there are blank overlays where you can write/print what you want.
In above picture you can see a small protrusion on overlay to fix it to machine case. In Pyra you could place a overlay, but there is no system to grip/fix it to Pyra case.
On other side an overlay in Pyra doesn't solve the worst Pyra problem for me: that problem for me is that a lot of people watching Pyra for 1st time will see a keyboard designed for Germans (with a lot of Germans keys printed on it) and will go away without more consideration.
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Not sure why oskda wants a keyboard that offers less language support (that make up the majority of the community at the time it was created) on the second layer.
As others you didn't understand what I wanted to say.
I don't speak about "less language support" but about more international look; about not looking like a keyboard designed for Germans (or mostly for Germans).
And, yes, we know actual community is mostly from those countries but it seems some of you want it continue mostly only in those countries, instead of getting a lot more international and BIGGER.