Archive for the ‘Typing’ Category
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
After my previous post about the "Touch Barrier" as referring to the inherent issues of the pervasive use of touch technologies I had some good responses.
@lucychili pointed me to work Peter Hutterer is doing with MPXLaurel wrote a blog post "Disabilities social networks games" pointing to a article DISABLED ...
Posted in Access, Typing, design, input | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
All throughout my life with technology I've used add-on software to help kludge my way around. Macs had accessibility features built right in from the word go - though mouse-drags were problematic. DOS & early Windows required external software to handle mouse-drags until the click-lock functions appeared in XP. It ...
Posted in Computing, Devices, Typing | No Comments »
Sunday, February 19th, 2006
"Keys-U-See large print keyboards have been designed specifically for those with conditions that cause visual impairment or low vision.
...
These large print keyboards are also perfect for those who simply have a hard time seeing the existing commands on thir keyboards. With a bigger and bolder typeface, the keys are easier ...
Posted in Devices, Typing | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
There's a great extension for the equally great open source email program, Thunderbird called QuickText.
This bit of software is installed in Thunderbird and acts like a macro typing device that can input long pieces of text with few keystrokes or the click of a button. QuickText is especially for ...
Posted in Devices, My life-tools, Typing | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
These coloured keyboards are aimed at the childrens market.
I wonder though if they could be useful for anyone with colour perception issues or who might require some added visual clues to assist with typing. The culours offer great contrast and the grouping of similar function keys by colour could help ...
Posted in Computing, Devices, Typing | No Comments »
