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    Does a working Virtual Keyboard exists?

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      Alienhunter3010
      last edited by Alienhunter3010

      Hi everybody.
      I found on Google Play so many Virtual Keyboard. Many of them are working on linux too. But actually I found no one working with Retro Pie. Do you know if there is a working app?

      Thank you very much.

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        caver01 @Alienhunter3010
        last edited by caver01

        @Alienhunter3010 I can't speak for every system, but in my experience, MUSICOMP was a fun virtual keyboard on the Apple II. You could load this disk image on Linapple or MESS and play your favorite melodies on a virtual keyboard all day long! MUSICOMP is capable of a few different sound modes and setting the note duration is a little cumbersome (and I think it is limited to a single voice at a time=monophonic), but what do you want from an Apple II?!

        My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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          AlexMurphy Banned @Alienhunter3010
          last edited by AlexMurphy

          @Alienhunter3010 Have you tried SonicPi? That's a very interesting program. You can learn to code whilst composing...

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            Alienhunter3010
            last edited by

            Sorry, I do not need a keyboard to play music but a QWERTY remote keyboard. Apps like these.

            Thank you very much

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            • AlexMurphyA
              AlexMurphy Banned @Alienhunter3010
              last edited by

              @Alienhunter3010 Have you tried a real keyboard

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators @Alienhunter3010
                last edited by

                @Alienhunter3010 there is no virtual/on screen keyboard currently. There was a fork of emulationstation with one (just for use inside ES) , but that's not included by default.

                To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  EctoOne
                  last edited by

                  I was looking for something like that myself, the only thing I found was remotepi.io
                  But I haven't tried it and tbh I will probably just buy a real wireless keyboard.

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                  • MadRikXIVM
                    MadRikXIV @EctoOne
                    last edited by

                    @EctoOne said in Does a working Virtual Keyboard exists?:

                    I was looking for something like that myself, the only thing I found was remotepi.io
                    But I haven't tried it and tbh I will probably just buy a real wireless keyboard.

                    I purchased a small ESynic brand keyboard, really small dongle, and small keyboard, it's worked well, and not much larger than a XBox controller, only cost me £10, so I am pleased with it, far easier than typing

                    Although not as good for using 'Q A O P Space' as a control layout.

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                      GtBFilms
                      last edited by GtBFilms

                      A virtual keyboard on a mobile phone would be nice, but I couldn't find anything. In the end I decided it would be a lot less hassle just to buy this:

                      https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GTQ0J4G

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                      It comes with a USB dongle which I plugged into the rpi and it worked straight away. It also has a mouse trackpad thing built in. It charges off a USB port, and I just leave it plugged into that all the time when not in use.

                      Not what you asked for, but it works and is relatively cheap.

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                        Alienhunter3010 @GtBFilms
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                        @GtBFilms I buy it. Really cool and fast!

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