[Trainer-Talk] Seeking Info and Recommendations for a Keyboard for Someone with the Use of One Hand

[Nancy Coffman]

Hello

It partly depends on which hand can be used. There are some keyboards with arrow keys or a numeric keypad to the left of the keyboard. There is a Mateja's keyboard that allows the to be used as a modifier key making the keyword produce a mirror image of the letter press, for example, F would press Jay.

One thing I would recommend would be to call your states assistive technology partnership. Each state has one, although it may not be called that. They may have a selection of keyboards to look at. There is also one called the frog, although I have never figured it out.

Most of my clients have simply decided to use one hand on a regular keyboard. They put their hand on the middle, so that the index finger is on either the ass or the Jay. From there, they move it which ever direction is needed. With jaws and NVDA, we also tend to use the laptop keyboard layout. That means there is less movement of the one hand required. It works best if they have at least minimal use of the other hand for the jazz or NVDA key.

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> On Oct 17, 2016, at 5:11 PM, Deborah Armstrong via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> There's "The Bat" a one-handed keyboard which a friend of mine says she's seen several JAWS users work with successfully.
> 
>    http://www.infogrip.com/bat-keyboard.html
> 
> I don't know the users directly but my friend once explained she introduced this keyboard to someone who could use both hands but wanted to be able to type while simultaneously reading Braille.  They were able with practice to type at 30WPM with the keyboard.
> 
> --Debee
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [Trainer-Talk] Seeking Info and Recommendations for a Keyboard for Someone with the Use of One Hand
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I was contacted by someone whose husband recently suffered a stroke and 
> who now only has the use of one hand. The gentleman is also blind and is 
> a JAWS user. She was asking what I knew about keyboards which would be 
> appropriate for someone who only has full use of one hand. I don't have 
> any experience with this and would like some honest suggestions and 
> recommendations about his options. I'm assuming that he should be 
> professionally evaluated by someone who is familiar with this need and 
> with available solutions, just as I would evaluate a blind person to 
> determine which pieces of hardware or software would be relevant to a 
> particular situation.
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
>       David Goldfield,
> Assistive Technology Specialist
> 
> Feel free to visit my Web site
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