Keyboard enhancement utilities are products which modify the behavior of the Windows keyboard to make it easier to use for individuals with disabilities.
| Product: | Access Packs for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows NT |
| From: | Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6393 |
| Phone: | 800-426-9400 (Microsoft Sales Information Center) |
| BBS: | 206-936-6735 |
| TDD: | 800-892-5234 |
| Price: | Available at no charge by mail or via numerous download services. |
| Notes: | Access Pack for Microsoft Windows provides a variety of features for people with limited dexterity or who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. These features include:
Access Pack for Microsoft Windows is available as file ACCP.EXE, and Access Pack for Microsoft Windows NT is available as file WN0789.EXE. |
| Product: | Aurora for Windows |
| From: | Aurora Systems, Inc., 2647 Kingsway, Vancouver B.C., V5R-5H4, Canada |
| Phone: | 800-361-8255 or 604-436-2694 |
| Fax: | 604-436-2695 |
| Email: | aurora@cyberstore.ca |
| Internet: | http://www.scbc.org/hinet/business/CoProf/Aurora/aurora.htm |
| System: | Windows 95, Windows |
| Price: | $430; $195 upgrade from Aurora for MS-DOS |
| Demo: | Full documentation and software, 20 minute per-run time limit, $15, demo price refunded on purchase of any Aurora Systems product. |
| Notes: | Word prediction with unlimited dictionary size (150,000+ words), grammatical rule support and spelling assistance. Learns and predicts phrases as well as individual words. Can be used with a single finger or headstick. Works with speech synthesizers to echo keystrokes and speak words as you type. One minor feature currently doesn't work under Windows 95. Optional Aurora Imageine onscreen scanning keyboard now available. |
| Product: | Dvorak Keyboard Layouts |
| From: | Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6393 |
| Phone: | 800-426-9400 (Microsoft Sales Information Center) |
| BBS: | 206-936-6735 |
| TDD: | 800-892-5234 |
| System: | Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows |
| Price: | Available at no charge by mail or via numerous download services. |
| Notes: | Microsoft distributes three Dvorak keyboard layouts that make the most frequently typed characters on a keyboard more accessible to people who have difficulty using the standard "QWERTY" layo ut. No special equipment is needed in order to use these features. A layout for people who type with two hands is included with each operating system; consult the online help about keyboard layouts for installation instructions. Two additional layouts for people who type with only one hand are distributed as Microsoft Application Note GA0650 and available as a file called GA0650.EXE on many download services. |
| Product: | HandiWORD and HandiWORD International |
| From: | Microsystems Software, Inc., 600 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA 01701 |
| Phone: | 800-828-2600 or 508-879-9000 |
| Fax: | 508-879-1069 |
| BBS: | 508-875-8009 |
| Email: | hware@microsys.com |
| Internet: | http://www.handiware.com |
| System: | Windows, Windows 95, MS DOS |
| Languages: | International version supplies foreign language dictionaries |
| Price: | HandiWORD $295.00; HandiWORD International $395.00 |
| Demo: | Via Internet (FTP), BBS, or Mail |
| Notes: | Word prediction/abbreviation expansion software aiding users with limited keyboarding capability. Supplied with default dictionary file. Supports speech output of prediction choices. Dictionary maint enance utility allows user to modify existing or create new dictionaries. Software is statistically weighted with frequently used words appearing first. Sticky-key utility built into software. |
| Product: | HandiSHIFT For Windows |
| From: | Microsystems Software, Inc., 600 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA 01701 |
| Phone: | 800-828-2600 or 508-879-9000 |
| Fax: | 508-879-1069 |
| BBS: | 508-875-8009 |
| Email: | hware@microsys.com |
| Internet: | http://www.handiware.com |
| System: | Windows, Windows 95, MS DOS |
| Price: | $49 |
| Notes | Sticky key utility. Allows serial depression of Control, Shift, and Alt keys. Adjusts key repeat rate. Includes SeeBEEP visual beep utility. |
| Product: | KeyREP |
| From: | Prentke Romich Company, 1022 Heyl Rd., Wooster, OH 44691 |
| Phone: | 800-262-1984 or 216-262-1984 |
| Fax: | 216-263-4829 |
| System: | Windows 95, Windows |
| Price: | $290 |
| Notes: | KeyREP Rate Enhancement Package for keyboard users provides word prediction and abbreviation expansion. KeyREP works with any keyboard and any application running under Windows 3.1 except MS-DOS windows . |
| Product: | StickyKeys and MouseKeys |
| From: | Hitachi, Ltd., Accessibility Promotion Section, Information Systems Group, Hitachi Omori 2nd Bldg. 6-27-18 Minami Oi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140 Japan |
| Phone: | +81-3-5471-8918 |
| Fax: | +81-3-5471-2565 |
| Email: | k-ozawa@comp.hitachi.co.jp |
| Internet | http://www.handiware.com |
| System: | Windows |
| Languages: | Japanese only |
| Price: | Free; download it from NiftyServe |
| Notes: | StickyKeys can start and close Japanese FEPs by pressing two keys and can convert from the KANA input mode to the Alphabet input mode, and vice versa, by pressing three keys. MouseKeys enables the user to control the mouse cursor by using the keyboard. |
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