Re: 1 handed keyboards

They could try Dkey - this works in a similar way to a mobile phone's T9-predictive text (the pupils might be aware of this already!?), but using a computer numberpad keyboard (you can buy USB plug-in numberpad keyboards):

http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/dkey

There are also some 1 handed keyboards,e.g. the FrogPad / 1/2keyboard - most of them listed on the site that Liz pointed you at.

Hope this helps, let us know.

Cheers,

Simon

Senior Clinical Scientist
Assistive Technology Team

simon.judge@...
01226 432159

www.barnsleyrd.nhs.uk

Dept of Medical Physics
Block 14
Barnsley District General Hospital Foundation Trust Gawber Road Barnsley
S75 2EP


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Subject: 1 handed keyboards

Colleagues, as I'm a bit out of date with recent AT developments these days, iId really appreciate your help with a query I have received from a paediatric OT working in a school with 2 children who have malformations of an upper limb- he would like to reccommend that they use a one-handed-keyboard and has the go ahead to buy one, but before he does would like to know what is the "best" one to get.

Any advice much appreciated.

regards
Jane Seale

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Senior Lecturer in Educational Innovation in Higher Education, University of Southampton Co-director of National centre for Research Methods: http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/ Member of LEXDIS Project team exploring disabled learners experiences of technology: http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk/project/media/LEXDIS_ProjectReport_Dec08final.doc
Co-editor of "Understanding and promoting access for people with learning difficulties: seeing the opportunities and challenges of risk". due for publication in July 2009 by Routledge




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