On Screen Keyboards

Computer Access
a Training Module of the
Assistive Technology Division
Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services

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Discover: Screen

Madentec

http://www.madentec.com/

Discover:Screen is the software-only solution that puts a customizable keyboard on the computer screen. Discover:Screen is ideal for people who physically cannot move their head down to look at a keyboard and then back up to the computer screen. It’s great for people who lose their focus when moving between keyboard and computer screen, too. Use Discover:Screen with a touch screen so users can point to make selections. Or use Discover:Screen with a mouse, joystick or Tracker One. Discover:Screen is a flexible writing tool. It’s easy to type whole words or letter by letter to do writing assignments, send email, etc. Discover:Create software is included for editing the keyboards that are included with Discover:Screen and create new setups to match the physical and cognitive needs of users.

$199.00

KeyStrokes

Origin Instruments

http://www.orin.com/access/softype/

Origin Instruments' KeyStrokes is a Macintosh on screen keyboard. There are five resizable keyboard layouts to choose from. The layouts differ by whether they include a number pad, function keys, navigation keys and ordering of the keys in QWERTY or alphabetical order. Key seperation and other aspects of key and keyboard background appearance are modifiable. The keyboards can be resized by selecting several preset sizes or they can be drag sized like any window. Also included is Dwellix, a utility for entering mouse button "clicks" using dwell selection.

$249.00

Microsoft XP

On Screen Keyboard

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/

On–Screen Keyboard is a utility that displays a virtual keyboard on the computer screen that allows people with mobility impairments to type data by using a pointing device or joystick. Besides providing a minimum level of functionality for some people with mobility impairments, On–Screen Keyboard can also help people who do not know how to type.

Free Built into Windows XP Operating System

OnScreen

IMG - Innovation Management Group, Inc.

http://www.imgpresents.com/onscreen/onscreen.htm

My-T-Soft provides On-Screen keyboard emulation that works with ANY Windows program. The My-T-Soft Version provides compatibility within the Windows 95 / 98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP operating system.

OnScreen is the latest version of My-T-Soft AT - the Assistive Technology version of IMG's My-T-Soft Keyboards.

OnScreen is used by individuals who need an alternative to the physical keyboard, can use a pointing device or switch, and need an on-screen keyboard as their primary text input device

$99.95.

REACH Interface Author™ 3.0

Applied Human Factors

http://www.ahf-net.com/reach.htm

This product is a premier on-screen keyboard software available and comes with a vast assortment of assistive technology tools . It was designed to help a person use a computer more easily and augment their speech if that is needed. If you have trouble using a standard hardware keyboard but can use a mouse or other pointer, then you can use any of the numerous typing keyboards that come with REACH. Also, if you can use a single switch or two switches, then you can type using one of the REACH keyboards in "scanning" mode. It runs in Microsoft®95,®98, ®NT, ®2000, and ®XP.

REACH

$329.00

With SmartKey

$479.00

ScreenDoors 2000

Madentec

http://www.madentec.com/

ScreenDoors 2000 is for people using a headpointer like Tracker or a mouse alternative like WISP, a trackball, game joystick or touch window. It is ideally suited for individuals with Quadriplegia, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, ALS, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and any other disability where the user has little or no control of their hands to use a standard keyboard

SofType 4.2

Origin Instruments

http://www.orin.com/access/softype/

Text entry into all standard Windows applications
Integrated AutoClick™ and Dragger™ for performing clicking functions by dwell selection Multiple keyboard layouts Word completion with customizable word list. Macro and abbreviationexpansion
Excellent companion for HeadMouse® or other mouse emulators

$295.00

Visual Dynamic Keyboard

Web 4 All

http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/rd/smartcard/

Introduction
The Visual Dynamic Keyboard (VDK) is an on-screen keyboard that lets users control their computer without using the regular keyboard and mouse. It appears on-screen in a resizable window, as a keyboard with rectangular keys. The VDK provides greater accessibility to Windows™ applications for users with physical impairments.

WiViK® ver 3

Bloorview MacMillan Children's Centre

http://www.wivik.com/

WiViK on-screen keyboard (virtual keyboard) software provides access to any Microsoft Windowsapplication as an alternative to a standard computer keyboard.

WiViK can help individuals of all ages who are unable to use a physical keyboard, such as those with spinal cord injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), muscular dystrophy, and cerebral palsy. Any pointing device or one through six discrete switches may be used as input. There are many alternative pointing devices and switches available in the assistive technology field that work with WiViK

$350.00

A free 30 demo is available via download from site.