Touch-pad mouse substitute recommendations?

[Bill Sanderson]

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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[Sharon F]

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.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&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.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

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]

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.