I have a permanent physical challenge so I am congizant of your plight. One suggestion nobody has had is to get yourself a used Palm device (I have a IIIc which is great). Then get ahold of a program called Jot. The learning curve is flat and you can do lots of text relatively fast on the touch sensitive screen; the broken hand only has to hold the device, and if the broken hand is dominant, Jot lets you do alpha text with very simple strokes easy to learn and customize. Another solution, more elegant is to get ahold of a used PocketPC device (I have an IPAQ 3635 same as 3650). Get Calligrapher. On that device you can write cursive script and the software makes it into text!! It is of growing accuracy as it "learns" your handwriting. It is amazingly accurate!! Of course, these will send the files to your desktop via sync via IR or USB or even Bluetooth.
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Piwowar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 9:05 AM Subject: Re: Ergonomic keyboard for broken arm >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. Have you tried Dragon Naturally Speaking recently? I tested it last Summer and was surprised at how well it did on the first pass. The editing features worked quite well too. It did not take long to get clean text. It was not that much slower than my typing speed and speaking disturbed my thinking far less than typing. I thought it was a winner. >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. Good question. I have not tried these much. I think they require more force to type and that might not be good for you. Have you considerd using a pair of USB keyboards? They will both work simultaneously and will give you more choices about keys. This will certainly cost far less than any fancy keyboard. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
