[misc.handicap] chording keyboards query

lord%yellowsub@sgi.com (Tom Lord) (07/13/90)

Index Number: 9096

I'll keep this short because I'm reduced to one handed typing:

I am looking for references, companies, anecdotes or rumors concerned
with chording keyboards.  What does the net know about them?

Please send responses directly to lord@sgi.sgi.com.  I will make them
available in full and in summary.

thanks
-t

[Note from Bill McGarry: See the next article]

wtm@bunker.uucp (Bill McGarry) (07/13/90)

Index Number: 9097

In # 9095, John Morris asks:

>I need to locate a special keyboard that was experimented with a
>few years ago.  It looked like a large 'mouse' with lots of buttons.
>A person used one hand to generate the full ASCII character set by
>hitting the various buttons.  As I recall there were 3 under each finger
>and two under the thumb.

and in # 9096, Tom Lord asks:

>I am looking for references, companies, anecdotes or rumors concerned
>with chording keyboards.  What does the net know about them?

Here is one product that might help both of you:

OCTIMA CHORD KEYBOARD

TASH Inc.
70 Gibson Dr. - Unit 12
Markham, ON L3R 4C2
Canada
(416) 475-2212

Octima is a computer keyboard that is controlled by one hand; its
system of chords (groups of  keys)  represent  all  the standard
keys of the keyboard.  The user presses a group of keys and the
appropriate  key  is  sent  to  the  computer.   A software
tutorial and instruction manual are included.

This is from the IBM National Support Center for Persons with
Disabilities.  You may want to contact them for any other ideas.
Their address is:

        IBM National Support Center for Persons with Disabilities
        P. O. Box 2150
        Atlanta, GA 30055
        (800) 426-2133
        (404) 238-4806

				Hope this helps,
				Bill McGarry
				(203) 337-1518

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