trfogey
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- Joined
- Jan 31, 2008
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- PALS
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- 07/2007
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- NC
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- Raleigh
The good folks at CanAssist at the University of Victoria, BC, in Canada have created and made available for public use a new program called Dynamic Keyboard. Dynamic Keyboard is an alternative text entry program for users who have motor control problems that make it difficult to use a regular computer keyboard.
Dynamic Keyboard also has word prediction capability which can help reduce the number of keystrokes necessary to enter a particular word. This increases your effective typing speed while reducing the actual physical effort needed.
Dynamic Keyboard can also be easily configured to act as an input front end for a Windows text to speech system.
The Dynamic Keyboard | CanAssist
In my opinion, as a long term Dasher user who is quickly losing the ability to control a trackball or mouse with my remaining usable hand, I think that Dynamic Keyboard will be easier to use while adjusting to using either a headmouse or an eyegaze system. I did, in fact, type this entire post using the builtin webcam on my laptop, Camera Mouse 2010, Dynamic Keyboard, and about an hour's worth of practice with the combination.
Dynamic Keyboard also has word prediction capability which can help reduce the number of keystrokes necessary to enter a particular word. This increases your effective typing speed while reducing the actual physical effort needed.
Dynamic Keyboard can also be easily configured to act as an input front end for a Windows text to speech system.
The Dynamic Keyboard | CanAssist
In my opinion, as a long term Dasher user who is quickly losing the ability to control a trackball or mouse with my remaining usable hand, I think that Dynamic Keyboard will be easier to use while adjusting to using either a headmouse or an eyegaze system. I did, in fact, type this entire post using the builtin webcam on my laptop, Camera Mouse 2010, Dynamic Keyboard, and about an hour's worth of practice with the combination.