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Re: GUIs und kinder



Jeffery Douglas Waddell wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Leon Brooks wrote:
> 
> > I've often thought that a different input device, especially for the
> > very littlies, would be good.
> 
> This is definately true.  I've found 1 track ball so far that I thought
> was sufficiently easy for my children to use (although the older one has
> since moved to a mouse).  I've dreamed for many years of creating (for
> myself) a one handed keyboard that you hold in your hand (wireless of
> course) and simply use the digits of your hand in connection with you palm
> (it would have to strap to your hand I think) to create all the necessary
> letters and numbers, it seems that it would take a little while to get
> used to and then be MUCH faster and freeing than conventional keyboards.

What you're looking for is called Twiddler, from HandiKey Corp.:

<http://www.handykey.com/>

It's not wireless, but otherwise does exactly what you're talking about. 

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