[blindkid] braille qwerty usb keyboard needed

[Robert Jaquiss]

Hello:

     When I buy a keyboard, I make sure they have marks on the f, j and 5 on 
the numpad. I have also seen some keyboards recently that have the six key 
cluster located above the arrow keys rotated 90 degrees so they look like a 
braille cell. I suggest going to a computer store and feeling a keyboard 
before you buy it. I don't know if it is still true, but Apple's keyboards 
had marks on the d and k keys.

Regards,

Robert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Debby B" <bwbddl at yahoo.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] braille qwerty usb keyboard needed


> I'm with Sally, good typists type by feel, no need for the Braille or 
> print.
> Perhaps put a bump dot or sticker of some sort on a few harder to find 
> keys. For
> example when Winona was first learning, we marked the backspace, enter, 
> and tab.
> Once she learned her way, she scraped them off. I was sad because I liked 
> having
> that clue!
>
> Debby
> bwbddl at yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Sally Thomas <seacknit at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)"
> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 6:35:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] braille qwerty usb keyboard needed
>
> We were advised against putting braille on the keyboard.  My son just 
> learned by
> orienting to the home row and he's a good typist.
>
> Sally Thomas
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Holloway" 
> <rholloway at gopbc.org>
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> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 3:40 PM
> Subject: [blindkid] braille qwerty usb keyboard needed
>
>
>> I have seen the stickers and can use dymo tape too, but I'd really  like 
>> a
>>conventional USB, QWERTY keyboard that has actual braille  molded into the 
>>key
>>caps.
>>
>> Surely that exists and it should not even be terribly expensive.
>>
>> Does anybody know where I might find one? So far, google is letting me 
>> down on
>>this one. It needs to have print on the keys too, and I'd like 
>>conventional key
>>size and placement but the actual color or print size  on the keys would 
>>not be
>>an issue (this is not a low vision situation).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Richard
>>
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