Some individuals with motion impairments cannot use a standard keyboard, but they may be able to use one or more switches or point using a mouse or headpointer. An on-screen keyboard is a program which displays a list of choices to the user and allows them to select those choices using a point-and-click, point-and-dwell or simple clicking interface. A common use of this technique is to display a representation of a keyboard in a window, and allow the user to choose keys which will be typed into the current application, allowing even a user with a single switch to do anything that one could do with a keyboard. Variations in this category include Morse-code input systems and single- or double-switch systems.
| Product: | Eek! |
| From: | OMS Development, 610-B Forest Ave., Wilmette, IL 60091 |
| Phone: | 800-831-0272 or 708-251-5787 |
| Fax: | 708-251-5793 |
| System: | Windows |
| Price: | $120 |
| Demo: | Demo version available for $5, applicable towards purchase. |
| Notes: | Eek! Can be used in click mode and can be customized for specific applications. |
| Product: | HandiKEY and HandiKey Deluxe |
| 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: | HandiKEY $395.00; HandiKEY Deluxe $495.00 |
| Demo: | Via Internet (FTP), BBS or Mail |
| Notes: | On-screen keyboard which also includes word prediction, sticky keys and text to speech output. HandiKEY can be used in direct select mode with a mouse, joystick or trackball or in manual or automatic s canning mode. Also supports three or five switch interface. The Deluxe version includes HandiCHAT augmentative communication software. |
| Product: | Mouse Keys |
| From: | World Communications, 245 Tonopah Dr., Fremont, CA 94539 |
| Phone: | 510-656-0911 |
| Fax: | 510-656-3005 |
| System: | Windows; Windows 95 version is under development |
| Languages: | French, German, Spanish and Italian |
| Price: | $395 |
| Notes: | Onscreen keyboard includes word prediction. Can be used in either click or dwell mode. |
| Product: | My-T-Mouse |
| From: | Future Technologies, 829 Single Tree Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89123 |
| Phone: | 800-551-3926 |
| Fax: | 800-546-3926 |
| Email: | 73061.647@compuserve.com |
| System: | Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1; a Windows 95 version will be released by the end of 1995 |
| Notes: | My-T-Mouse provides the user with complete access to the computer using only a pointing device. It includes many features optimized for mouse access, such as keystroke macros, built-in calculator, fast controls for common editing operations, and fully functional 101-key keyboard with 20 international keyboard layouts. Adjustable to nine size ranges. |
| Product: | SAW (Switch Access to Windows 3) |
| From: | ACE Centre, Ormerod School, Waynefleet Rd., Headington, Oxford OX3 8DD England |
| Phone: | +44-18865 63508 |
| Fax: | +44-1865 750188 |
| Email: | acecent@dircon.co.uk |
| System: | Windows; Windows 95 version will be available at the end of 1996 |
| Price: | $150 (Runtime) $500 (Designer) |
| Demo: | Demo version available at no charge. |
| Notes: | Provides access to Windows using switch, mouse, trackerball and optical pointers through on-screen "selection sets," grids of icons, letters or words which, when selected, carry out a full ran ge of internal or external commands. Pre-designed selection sets for some popular applications are available, along with sets for CD-ROMs and text accelerators. A version for Windows 95 will be available in December 1996. |
| Product: | SofType |
| From: | Origin Instruments Corp., 854 Greenview Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75050 |
| Phone: | 214-606-8740 |
| Fax: | 214-606-8741 |
| Email: | sales@orin.com |
| Internet: | http://www.orin.com |
| System: | Windows 95 and Windows |
| Price: | $295.00 |
| Demo: | Downloadable from Web site |
| Notes: | SofType on-screen keyboard has word completion; integrated dwell selection (AutoClick) for left and right mouse button clicks, double clicks, and drag operations; can be completely reconfigured. Require s a mouse, Origin Instruments HeadMouse, or other mouse emulator. |
| Product: | WiViK2® Windows Visual Keyboard |
| 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 |
| Languages: | Shipping product includes 18 international keyboards |
| Price: | $290 base; $415 with word prediction and abbreviation expansion; $520 with scanning |
| Notes: | Compatible with all Windows 3.1 and 16-bit Windows 95 applications, it works in either click or dwell mode. An on-screen keyboard with word completion and word prediction, the latter can be extended fro m any text file. Totally configurable, including buttons for macros, and works with non-Windows-based applications when displayed in a window. Displays up to 400 keys per page, up to 50 pages of keys (limited by memory), and any key can have up to 750 key -strokes. Macro language is very similar to WordBasic. WiViK2 with Scanning is designed for people who can only access a switch. Text entry and mouse operation can be achieved using up to five switches; a variety of scanning methods are supported. WiViK 2 features and Rate Enhancement Package are included. |
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