[Athen] Onscreen keyboards for Mac OS X

[Sue Morgado]

Thanks for all your help! I've seen it and read about it--- now I'm 
looking for some assurance from my fellow A T folks! I hate to 
suggest something without finding out the "real facts" about it! So I 
turn to the PROS!

Is the Jon Adams you mention- the same person who also runs a music 
business-- I think its called A Switch in Time? If so- I've met him 
before and have his contact info already- Thanks!

At 10:25 AM 6/14/2006, you wrote:

>Hi Sue,

>

>Spending $300 or so for KeyStrokes puts you in the same price range

>as other supported commercial onscreen keyboard software, either Mac

>or WIndows. Wivik(Windows only) goes for about $400 and

>Discover:Screen(Mac/Windows)  is about $200.

>

>I've looked at KeyStrokes briefly and was impressed but need to spend

>more time with it. Check out the comments over at MacUpdate (http://

>www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7479) and an older (2003) review at

>http://www.applelinks.com/mooresviews/ks3.shtml .  Also,

>AssistiveWare, one of the KeyStroke vendors, maintains a discussion

>forum (http://www.assistiveware.com/keystrokes.php) .

>

>For what it's worth, there's an interesting set of videos (http://

>www.assistiveware.com/videos.php?video=Joe_SWKOTOR&format=mov),

>though this is coming from a vendor and focuses more on the switch

>and scanning end of things.

>

>Jon Adams, over at the Mass. Hospital School in Canton, MA, might

>have some helpful observations on Macs and on-screen keyboards. Email

>me offline and I can give you his contact info.

>

>Hope this helps.

>

>best,

>Charles

>______________

>Charles Silverman, M.Ed.

>Coordinator, Special Needs Opportunity Windows- SNOW

>Adaptive Technology Resource Centre/Faculty of Information Studies

>University of Toronto

>web: http://snow.utoronto.ca

>email: charles.silverman at utoronto.ca

>phone: 416-946-8301

>

>

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > I have a 3rd year college student who is confined to a wheelchair and

> > has trouble typing on his Mac laptop. He has looked into purchasing

> > Key Strokes which is a fully-functional advanced virtual on-screen

> > keyboard that allows you to type with a mouse, trackball, head

> > pointer or other mouse emulator to type characters into any standard

> > Macintosh application. It also provides advanced multilingual word

> > prediction.

> >

> > It costs about $300.00!

> >

> > Do any of you have any familiarity with this product and care to

> > share some comments/advice?

> >

> > Do any of you use something similar that would be less costly?

> >

> > Any HELP would be appreciated!

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

> >

> > Sue

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Sue

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