Best Keyboard for legally blind?

[Ritter 197]

I have a friend and he presently uses a KB with very large keys, but it has
no keys for Fn or F-keys keys and no Print screen keys.

He ordered a new KB.. (in yellow) for "legally blind or severely sight
handicapped" but its keys are smaller and really not good to see.

Is there some one in the same position ( he is legally blind as as result of
moist Macula Degeneration) who has satisfactory experience?

 

[Don Phillipson]

He ordered a new KB.. (in yellow) for "legally blind or severely sight
handicapped" but its keys are smaller and really not good to see.

Is there some one in the same position ( he is legally blind as as result of
moist Macula Degeneration) who has satisfactory experience?

Advanced countries usually have charities or public interest groups
for various types of handicap, e.g. the Canadian National Institute
for the Blind. Their accrued experience may help your friend.

 

[Richard in AZ]

|I have a friend and he presently uses a KB with very large keys, but it has
| no keys for Fn or F-keys keys and no Print screen keys.
|
| He ordered a new KB.. (in yellow) for "legally blind or severely sight
| handicapped" but its keys are smaller and really not good to see.
|
| Is there some one in the same position ( he is legally blind as as result of
| moist Macula Degeneration) who has satisfactory experience?
|

Most "touch typist" never look at the keyboard. They know where the keys are and how to reach them.
Your friend should consider taking courses in keyboarding to become a touch typist and then any
keyboard that is comfortable will work for him.

 

[Elmo]

I have a friend and he presently uses a KB with very large keys, but it
has no keys for Fn or F-keys keys and no Print screen keys.

He ordered a new KB.. (in yellow) for "legally blind or severely sight
handicapped" but its keys are smaller and really not good to see.

Is there some one in the same position ( he is legally blind as as
result of moist Macula Degeneration) who has satisfactory experience?

A Google search netted this site, and I'm sure there are others:

http://www.buypcsupplies.com/catego...ource=google&gclid=CJeemveBhJcCFQJNagodUgzVZA

 

[Bob I]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=keyboards+for+the+blind&aq=1&oq=keyboards+for+the+

 

[Leonard Grey]

Perhaps an alternate approach would work better: speech recognition
technology. It will allow your friend to rely on a keyboard much less.
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[Ritter 197]

THAT is very much out of the question with his almost total lack of sight
and being 82 years old.

 

[Ritter 197]

THAT is the site where he ordered the Yellow KB from which is not working
out at all.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Perhaps using a mouse with the cursor made large, and a combination of the
On-Screen keyboard, and the Magnifier would make the keys visible for him.

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[Bob Lucas]

Wet macular degeneration is a distressing condition - which leads to
severe and rapid loss of vision.

I fear that although you are searching for a suitable keyboard, there
may be no real solution to your friend's problem.

Have you contacted AMD Alliance International
(http://www.amdalliance.org/) for any further suggestions?

 

[Ritter 197]

Yes, I have been to their website. I see nothing that might help.
BUT he still wants to use the keyboard and not be totally shut out from his
friends in many parts of the US and even the world.
He was until recently (1 year or so ago) a Treasurer of a company that had
facilities in China, Hong Kong, Germany, India and the US. So he had and has
many contacts and friends gained over 40 years.

 

[James Silverton]

Ritter wrote on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:24:30 -0500:

I hope it works! My public library branch has one of those large-key
yellow keyboards but the librarians say it is not used much by visually
handicapped people.
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Potomac, Maryland

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