On 8 Sep 2006, at 13:03, Jason (spot) Brower wrote: > Not sure if this is the right place, but I have an idea for people > that can't type very fast or accurately. > My friend has MD and a very hard time hitting every key to make a > word on the screen. Wouldn't it be nice to have something that she > could use that would give options for words and somehow predict > what she wants. > Take a look at your keyboard. at the top you have the function > keys... four sets... it is easy for her to hit those on her > keyboard because they are divided into section. > Could he have a system that would... when you begin typing show the > words on the screen that it things you are typing and you can > select on of the four words it provides from the list to speed up > your data entry and make typing less stressful?
GOK, the Gnome On-Screen Keyboard that's part of all modern GNOME distributions, does this. I'm sure it could be adapted (or even just configured) to help your friend. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Java Desktop System Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
