Hi Alex, In order to know if the keyboard can handle 6 keys at the same time, simply open Windows Notepad or Word and press the six keys at the same time, try this more than once and see if all the sex letters appear in each time or not. As for the problem of the keyboard, my desktop keyboard worked perfectly, while my laptop keyboard had the same problem as yours. i get over the problem, by using the option in the program called "Define SBK keys". you can get to it from the settings button. this option allows you to defin any other six keys for braille writing. you will first try to find other six keys that can work simultaneously. to do so open notepad again and try pressing any six keys in the first row, then in the second and the third row untill you see that all six keys were displayed. for my laptop the working keys were (YTR UIO), you may consider trying them. hope this would help. Alex Parks <mehgcap@xxxxxxx> wrote: I tried this but I keep getting strange things happening. I tried the word "am" but got "a more" instead, for example. Normally what I type will not be translated correctly at all and odd things will happen. I think a big part of the problem is that my keyboard will not work with that many keys at once. Where can I get a keyboard that can do this, or better yet how can I tell if one will before I buy it? How much does this program cost to register (I live in the U.S.). Thanks. If I can get this working it looks like an amazing program. Have a great day, Alex > ----- Original Message ----- >From: koko koko >To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Date sent: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:04:17 -0800 (PST) >Subject: SBK V2.0 with Three letter braille contractions and many improvemnets >Hi all, >i have written on this subject before, however i have received today an e-mail that informs me about the new version and giving me also free update to it from version 1.3. I tried the new version and it is quite good and has a lot of features. those have attracted me exclusively: >-the addition of three-letters contractions of English braille. >-the ability to identify contractions with bold italic and underline. >-the ability to add Your own contractions and define rules for them. >-the much advanced feature of allowing you to create a whole new language with alphabets, simple and complex braille contractions. >-i also observed some bugs have been resolved and some other improvements. >the new program must have a try. >you can download the new version 2.0 from >www.oss-globe.com/sbk >Thanks >--------------------------------- >Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind --------------------------------- Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage.