There are also chording input devices, some of them are meant to be used one-handed or doubly fast with two. You have to learn the chords but, iirc or am just ad-gullible, the chording is supposed to quite speedy even one-handed.
----- Original Message ---- From: db <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 3:55:20 AM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Ergonomic keyboard for broken arm 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 >>> >>> >>> ************************************************************************* >>> ** 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/ ** >> ************************************************************************* > > ************************************************************************* ** 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/ ** *************************************************************************
