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Date: | Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:11:51 -0500 |
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>> Mike and Joyce,
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>> I just found a site for alternative keyboards that might suit
>> your needs. The datalux keyboard is the one I saw (if memory
>> serves). I do apologize, because I was confusing the recessed
>> well design with another keyboard. The Datalux keyboard is not
>> recessed.
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>> <A HREF="http://www.tggweb.com/disable/onehand.htm">mini
>> adaptive keyboard large alternative computer access for people
>> with disabi</A>
>>
>> When you go to the site, you will see "one hand" on the left
>> side. If you click on that, it will take you to a page that
>> has a couple of alternatives: Datalux, and a typing system
>> called chording, which I am not familiar with, but seems
>> interesting. There is something about DVORAK and voice
>> recognition systems somewhere on the site as well. "Sticky
>> keys" is also discussed. This feature allows the typist to
>> press one key, then another in sequence (I think it works this
>> way) in order to achieve the same results as pressing two or
>> more keys simultaneously (e.g., control-alt-delete).
>>
>> Take care all,
>> Betty
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>I believe DVORAK is simply a re-designed key layout, optimised to
>speed up typing (the most common letters being in a convenient
>place for typing), as opposed to QWERTY which was originally
>designed to slow down typists (from the early days of mechanical
>typewriters where hitting two keys too quickly meant the second
>got jammed behind the first!!)
>
>It probably doesn't make all that much difference to us 1
>fingered typists!!!
>
>Cheers,
>
>--
>Deri James
Deri.
I could probably get used to that, but someone like my wife who is
a world class speed typist, it would be one of the most direct routes to
insanity.
Bobby
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