[Trainer-talk] One-handed keyboard software

[Beth Koenig]

No, they would tap the key that is the letter for that key. The
student can learn to type with one hand on the regular qwerty
keyboard.
http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/

Beth Koenig
bethko at gmail.com
Director of Deaf Blind Services
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
2960 Main Street A100
Irvine, CA 92614
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Health, safety, and productivity are the cornerstones of independence.
At the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center we provide the training and
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2009/3/24 Chip Johnson <cjohnson at cocenter.org>:
>         So if I'm understanding correctly, when toggle keys are on, the
> student would, for example, tap the S key twice to get L or the D key twice
> to get K?
>
> Beth Koenig wrote:
>
> In Windows Vista it's the Ease of Access Center. You want to setup the
> system to use toggle keys. Then it's just a matter of learning to
> touch type with one hand. Many computer programmers and engineers
> learned to do that so their free hand can be used for other work
> related tasks. Some editions of Mavis Bacon Teaches Typing come with a
> manual on how to type with one hand on a regular qwerty keyboard.
> Beth Koenig
> bethko at gmail.com
> Director of Deaf Blind Services
> Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
> 2960 Main Street A100
> Irvine, CA 92614
> http://www.deafadvocacy.org/dbs
> Health, safety, and productivity are the cornerstones of independence.
> At the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center we provide the training and
> services necessary for the deaf and disabled to achieve equality and
> independence in all areas of life.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Chip Johnson <cjohnson at cocenter.org> wrote:
>
>
> I have a student who can only type with one hand. We have a Matias
> half-qwerty keyboard which works well but she'd like to be able to use her
> laptop without lugging around an extra keyboard. Does anyone know of
> software that would make the keyboard easily usable with only one hand?
>
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