Abstract: An ergonomic keyboard utilizing ten keys which are activated in pairs to produced coding signal representing alphabetic symbols of a conventional computer keyboard. The keyboard is operated as a replacement or in parallel with a conventional computer keyboard. Each key corresponds in position with each finger on a hand. By pressing two keys, unique letters and functions are produced. As the number of unique binary combinations of ten elements is 45, the ten-key keyboard system is capable of representing at least 26 characters plus the function keys of a standard 101-key computer keyboard. The structure enables greater speed through efficiency in finger movement and easy learning.