[access-uk] Re: Keyboard woes
- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:46:43 +0100
I do not own a BrailleNote myself, but I'm aware that the newer
BrailleNotes has a one handed mode whereby you press the individual
braille (or qwerty, depending on whether it's a BrailleNote QT or BT)
keys, then a space bar which will generate the character or command that
you want to perform.
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:11:25 +0100, "Catherine Turner"
<catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Hi all,
>
> I use a Maltron single handed keyboard because I can only use my right
> hand.
> I've been using this for 9 years and am very satisfied with it and can
> type
> as fast as I ever did with two hands. So I don't really want to
> use/learn
> another way of inputting but am now having a problem.
>
> I think this keyboard has a loose connection inside the wire somewhere.
> I
> press keys and nothing happens; I move the wire then something does
> happen.
> The laptop's own keyboard works fine so it's not a problem with slow
> response from the computer. I've had this problem before with one of
> these
> keyboards and a friend fixed it for me. However after the repair it
> didn't
> last long and I don't have anyone around who could do that now. I've
> only
> had this particular keyboard for just over a year and am having this
> problem
> again.
>
> I do travel with my keyboard a lot, and disconnect/disconnect it daily to
> move my laptop between different rooms. I think keyboards and/or ps2
> connections are not really designed for frequent
> moving/disconnecting/connecting so this is probably why I always get
> these
> problems. But I need to be able to work in different rooms and at
> different
> computers so there's no way around this moving business.
>
> But these keyboards cost £300 and I can't afford/don't want to invest in
> another one if it's only going to last a year. For several reasons,
> including the fact that I don't have enough work to be eligible for
> Access
> To Work, it's not possible to have a keyboard at every computer I ever
> use.
>
> I've e-mailed Maltron to see if there's a wireless version of the
> keyboard
> but last I knew there wasn't and I haven't found anything on their
> website
> about wireless.
>
> So...has anyone got any suggestions as to how I could safely transport my
> keyboard? I do think the problem is in the wire rather than at the PS2
> end
> because it's the wire I have to fiddle with to get it to work, and it
> seems
> to be failing fast.
>
> Or - which I guess is more realistic - I suppose I'm going to have to
> consider another way of inputting. 9 years ago I used to use an
> ergobraille
> notetaker - don't know whether anyone knew of these; but the braille
> keyboard on them was arranged in such a way that I found it easy/fast to
> use
> with one hand. If anyone was aware of these - is there such a thing as
> something similarly shaped which one could use as input wirelessly? I
> expect not...
>
> What voice recognition options are there for JAWS users?
>
> Any ideas welcome...
>
> Catherine
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>
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