I have a friend who is losing the use of his hands. He's doing pretty well
using voice recognition, but has recently found, using a borrowed laptop,
that a touchpad mouse works much better for him than the large trackball
that he's used for years.

I've sent him a Cherry keyboard with a built-in touchpad mouse which I had
handy, but I suspect he might be better served by a somewhat larger
standalone device.

Does anyone reading here have such a device they'd recommend?

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On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:58:15 -0400, Bill Sanderson wrote:

> I have a friend who is losing the use of his hands. He's doing pretty well
> using voice recognition, but has recently found, using a borrowed laptop,
> that a touchpad mouse works much better for him than the large trackball
> that he's used for years.
>
> I've sent him a Cherry keyboard with a built-in touchpad mouse which I had
> handy, but I suspect he might be better served by a somewhat larger
> standalone device.
>
> Does anyone reading here have such a device they'd recommend?

Something like this?
http://www.digitalgraphicsresources....S&Category=246

I have never used a stand-alone touchpad but using Google turned up several
dealers that had them available. The above is only one of the many results
that were listed.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

Thanks - that's a useful lead. He's still checking out the one I sent--it
retained the button settings from his trackball because he left the software
for that installed, and had reversed left and right clicks, and I believe
right-click was set to double-click. So, when he taps the keypad he gets a
double-click which was annoyng.

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"Sharon F" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:58:15 -0400, Bill Sanderson wrote:
>
>> I have a friend who is losing the use of his hands. He's doing pretty
>> well
>> using voice recognition, but has recently found, using a borrowed laptop,
>> that a touchpad mouse works much better for him than the large trackball
>> that he's used for years.
>>
>> I've sent him a Cherry keyboard with a built-in touchpad mouse which I
>> had
>> handy, but I suspect he might be better served by a somewhat larger
>> standalone device.
>>
>> Does anyone reading here have such a device they'd recommend?
>
> Something like this?
> http://www.digitalgraphicsresources....S&Category=246
>
> I have never used a stand-alone touchpad but using Google turned up
> several
> dealers that had them available. The above is only one of the many results
> that were listed.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:33:36 -0400, Bill Sanderson wrote:

> Thanks - that's a useful lead. He's still checking out the one I sent--it
> retained the button settings from his trackball because he left the software
> for that installed, and had reversed left and right clicks, and I believe
> right-click was set to double-click. So, when he taps the keypad he gets a
> double-click which was annoyng.

You're welcome, Bill. I hope he finds something that fits his needs as
perfectly as is possible.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User