On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Constance Warner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone--I'm looking for an ergonomic keyboard I can use with a > broken arm. My fingers stick out of the end of the cast and I can sort of > wiggle them, maybe enough to type on a computer keyboard. (I'm using one > hand to type this, and it's slow and laborious.) > > The one insurmountable problem: I can't rotate my forearm so that my palm > faces downward, so that I can actually type with my left hand. To be > usable, the keyboard would have to be tilted at a 45 to 90 degree angle > (with the high point towards the center of the keyboard) for the left hand, > but with the right-hand portion of the keyboard remaining flat, in the > normal position. This site has a pretty good selection < http://www.ergonomicsmadeeasy.com/store/category/ergonomic-keyboards-and-keypads/1000/1/>. There are a few that are split right up the middle and can be positioned independently from each other. Does this look useful- < http://ergobilities.com/ProductDetail.asp?style=78131&fprd=Goldtouch%26trade%3B+Adjustable+Keyboard&oid1=&oid2=>? Here is a keyboard designed to be used with one hand. < http://www.ulva.com/Online-Store/Keyboards-Pointing-Devices/maltron-single-kb.htm > > I've seen pictures of odd-looking ergonomic keyboards IN TWO PARTS, or that > are tilted on an angle. (If a keyboard were in two parts, I could use it at > a normal angle for my right hand, but tilt it to a 45 or 90 degree angle for > my left.) I've seen flexible keyboards in stores, but I don't know if one > of those flexible keyboards would work if you bent it in the middle--or even > if flexible keyboards work well under any circumstances. The Flex keyboards are awful if you are a touch typist. They are OK for extreme circumstances but not much good for daily use. > > > I really need to be able to type, because I got laid off and I need to > send out resumes and letters of application. For my own writing and for > first drafts, I can use Dragon Naturally Speaking; but I've never gotten the > error rate down to the point where I could use Dragon for job application > stuff. > > Any suggestions? Do such keyboards exist, and if so, where can you get > them? > > Thanks! > > --Constance Warner > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
