[misc.handicap] One Hand Key Entry Pad

CSMIDHC@UCLAMVS.BITNET (Danny Hilton-Chalfen) (01/23/91)

Index Number: 13103

 In issue #1658, from 11-26-90 was the following query:

" I've read of a one handed keyboard...  It is apparently possible to
type uppercase, lowercase, and punctuation symbols. It would require
good co-ordination on one hand at least, as the buttons are pressed down
in combinations to generate a character.  From:
Stephen.White@p1.f853.n681.z3.fidonet.org "

There may have already been a response to this, but I have some
information on a sysytem I saw in Switzerland that does just this, and
looks very nicely designed, called OCTIMA.  For information:

Dantronic
Churerstr. 160 A
CH-8808 Pfaffikon
Switzerland

Tel: 055-485200 (country code 41)

I have also been told by my colleague that he recently came across the
same item being carried in an American company's catalog.  We'll keep
trying to track it down.

Hope this helps,

Danny Hilton-Chalfen
UCLA Office of Academic Computing
213-206-7133