Touch Typing -- Keyboards & Add-ons

• Usability Research Behind Microsoft’s Ergonomic Keyboard (MP3): Microsoft Usability Researcher Hugh McLoone talks about Microsoft’s Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (presentation given on January 25, 2007, to the Puget Sound Special Interest Group for Computer-Human Interaction)
• Comfort on the Desktop Goes Hand in Hand -- Q&A: Microsoft ergonomics expert, Dan Odell, PhD, discusses how the new Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 breaks the mold and sets a new industry standard
• The 10 Most Unusual Keyboards Ever, PC Magazine (May 29, 2007) | Top Ten slideshow highlights the most unusual and inventive keyboard designs and features around
• AlphaGrip: high speed, desk-free typing and gaming | White Paper
• Sounding Keyboard and Mouse (A Different Way to Type: Writing for Children, by Diana Kimpton) -- "...touch-type and have your computer confirm that you have been typing without spelling mistakes"
• TACTUS Keyboard ("we have added tiny ridges to twenty keys and this makes touch keyboarding immensely easier")
• Keyboard Instruction -- Writer Learning Systems
• TypeMatrix and DVORAK (TypeMatrix)
• The XPeRT Keyboard Guide (PDF: 192K) -- (Matrix Machines)
• Senseboard Virtual Keyboard ("The Freedom to type Anywhere")
• WordLogic Predictive Keyboard (WordLogic Corporation)
• Viziflex Typing Mask (Educational Computer Supplies)
• Keyboard help For Schools, Libraries, Educators and Students | Dvorak Keyboard Products (Hooleon)
• PhraseExpress (free for personal use) -- organizes your frequently used text snippets and allows pasting them into any application | Expand abbreviations as you type | Launch applications by entering text shortcuts | Quickly handle email responses