Constance,
Sorry that when I made my suggestion I didn't read all of your email ...
the part about the rotation issue.
I guess what you really need is one of those split vertical keyboards
that you mention. They exist ... I've seen pictures of them but that's all
Check out:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=split+vertical+keyboard&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=
db
Constance Warner wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion!
--Constance
On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:34 PM, db wrote:
How about piece of plywood 3 ft. square with a U shape cut out of it
... big enough for you and your chair... then place it on your desk
with the computer/ monitor and keyboard sitting on the part without
the cutout.
It should "wrap" around you and provide support for your arm and
cast. If you make another cut out the shape and location of your
keyboard, the keyboard will be somewhat recessed and allow you to
more easily place your fingers on the keyboard.
Just an idea...
db
Constance Warner 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.
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.
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
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