Got this one too, and thought there might be people on the list
interested in it.

Kendall Corbett
Coordinator of Consumer Activities
Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities -WIND
PO Box 4298
Laramie, WY 82071
(307) 766-2853
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Subject: Lilly Walters' One Hand Typing and Keyboarding Enews


PLEASE PASS THIS ONTO OTHERS YOU KNOW IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY,
OCCUPATION
THERAPY, and THOSE WHO HAVE LOST USE OF A HAND
They sign up for this FREE enews by going to
http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/enews.html

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IN THIS ISSUE

    New Resources for One Handed Typists!

    Mouse Tip

    Lap-Tops!  HELP!

    Products for One-Handers

    When You Do NOT Have A Less Able Hand: Stickey Keys

    Speaking?

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New Resources for One Handed Typists!

My new CD of the One Handed Typing Manual will be ready for shippment
this
Wednesday, May 21!

On the CD in brief are:
1) Five versions of the One Hand Typing and Keyboarding Manual.
2) Scores of resources from all of the Internet
3) 100 page eBook: One Handed Office Professional: How To Be The Most
Productive Person in Your Office

In each issue of the enews, I will include some of the links from the
Resouces section. For instance, I searched all over the net to find
places
you can practice typing for free, or get free downloads.

Practice Typing Online:

Learn2Type
Learn 2 Type is a free Web site that helps you master the skills of
touch-typing. Checks your speed and has interactive exercises which will
help
you adjust to skill level.
http://www.learn2type.com/

Mr. Kent's Typing Test
Lots of ads on the page, but very easy to use.
http://www.mrkent.com/kb/kbtest.htm

Free Online Typing Test by UniversityofLife.com
Just a few sentences to practice, but this site does give you your speed

after you finish each one.
http://www.universityoflife.com/typingtest.html


FREE TYPING TUTOR SOFTWARE!

Typing Tutor 10 (Mac or PC)

This is a Simon & Schuster Interactive product.  They say at this site
that
they will mail it to you for free, just $7 for shipping is all you will
pay.
As there is no free lunch from Simon & Schuster, I have my doubts. So,
let me
know what you find out!
http://www.myfreesoftware.com/prod/typetutor.htm


Let me know if you try these links, and how they work out for you!

The new CD sells for $49,
If you would like to see more about it:
http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/manual.html

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Mouse Tip!

This is OLD news, but some of us (Ok, ME!), need the reminder.

Giving your mouse, or for those of us with a hand problem, our
trackballs, a
good cleaning can be a religiuos experience. However, my old trackball
was
getting worse and worse. I was cleaning the darn thing every 48 hours.
Finally, it just stopped.  So I was forced to go buy a new one.

WOW!!!  With a fresh new trackball I am speeding around the desktop! We
get
so used to our old tools, we just forget the diffence one is that works
WELL.

Better yet, trackballs are now dirt cheap.  I put up some links and
pictures
of how I use mine at
http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/mice.html


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Lap-Tops and One Handed Typists!  HELP

That nice small keyboard on most laptops would be great for the one
handed
user ... EXCEPT you cannot separate the keyboard from the screen to
outset it
to one side. This is a MUST for the one handed typist.

If you know of anyone that is going to be producing a laptop that will
separate from the keyboard, please let me know!

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Products for One-Handers

I found a few more products of interest to one handers.
I made a list with photo links to Amazon at:
http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/products.html

LET ME KNOW WHAT PRODUCTS YOU FIND, SO I CAN ADD THEM!

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When You Do NOT Have A Less Able Hand: Stickey Keys

Sticky keys is free in the Mac and PC operating systems. They are called

sticky because once you press them they stay stuck for the next key
during
times when you must press two or three keys simultaneously... For
example,
when you need to use the control key and the letter S at the same time
to
save a document. With Sticky Keys you would press the control key,
release
it, then press the S key for the same result. Often used might be shift,

ctrl, & alt, a two handed person can use both hands to do that, Sticky
Keys
grabs each one and allows it to be turned on and "stuck" on while you
type
another key. Sticky Keys allows you to do the symbols and the upper
punctuation without having to use two hands.

Below are directions on how to open Sticky Keys in a PC and the Mac, but

always check the HELP in your operating system to see how they have
changed
the way you active it tomorrow. They like to do that to us <g>.

***  Sticky keys on the MAC

Sticky Key is part of Easy Access, on the Mac.
Turn on StickyKeys by pressing the Shift key five times. (You can also
use
the Easy Access Control Panel to turn StickyKeys On and Off). You'll
notice a
sound effect and a small icon of an empty bucket appearing in the upper
right
hand corner of the menu bar, indicating StickyKeys is active.

Type a capital letter using StickyKeys by taking one finger and pressing
the
Shift key once. Look at the StickyKeys icon again and you'll see that
there
is now an arrow pointing into the bucket. This indicates the Shift key
you
just pressed has been "locked" into memory. The next letter you press
will be
capitalized.

You can also use StickyKeys for sequences that require more than two
modifier
keys to be held down simultaneously (for example, Command-Shift-1 to
eject a
floppy disk).
Turn StickyKeys off by pressing the Shift key (again) five times (or go
to
the Easy Access control panel).


*** Sticky Keys on the PC

To turn on StickyKeys on the PC.
Open Accessibility Options in Control Panel.
On the Keyboard tab, under StickyKeys, select the Use StickyKeys check
box.
To open Accessibility Options, click Start, point to Settings, click
Control
Panel, and then double-click Accessibility Options.
To change settings for StickyKeys, on the Keyboard tab, under
StickyKeys,
click Settings.

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DO YOU USE MAVIS BEACON?

Want to turn off the TWO HANDS that are in front of you?

To turn off hands on keyboard:
     1. Enter the classroom
     2. Select Settings
     3. Then select the Typing category
     4. The option on the left shows
         Guide Hands  0 On    0  Off

When you choose Off you will see the keyboard, but no hands.

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This new enews project is specifically for professional speakers,
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- Lilly Walters,
http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com
Phone 909-398-1228.
Join e-mail discussions: http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/discuss.html