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HippoRemote Replaces Your Keyboard, Mouse, and Remote Control

By Guest Post on October 12, 2010

HippoRemote Replaces Your Keyboard, Mouse, and Remote Control

HippoRemote will connect to your computer and hand the reins over to you. Your iPhone is now a fully-featured multi-touch trackpad. Tap the keyboard button at the top of the screen and HippoRemote will provide you with a standard iPhone keyboard with some extra features attached. Explore further, and you will see that HippoRemote turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into an advanced media browser that lets you interact with some of the coolest media programs on your Mac

Posted in Dexterity Impaired, iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, Mac Computers, New Software, Overuse Injuries, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged commercial, features, free, keyboard alternative, keyboard replacement, mouse alternative, mouse replacement, on screen keyboard, onscreen keyboard, unusual input devices | 3 Responses

Morse Code For Computer Control: TandemMaster

By Ricky Buchanan on March 9, 2010

Morse Code For Computer Control: TandemMaster

The TandemMaster Morse-2-USB interface is a fantastic device which converts morse code entered by two switches into keyboard presses and mouse movements. It gives the user complete control of a computer, as much as any regular keyboard/mouse user would have and can be used on any computer, with no drivers or software needed to be installed on the computer itself.

Posted in New Hardware, OS X, Primary Switch Users, Users | Tagged commercial, double switch, keyboard replacement, morse code input, mouse replacement, switch access, switch accessible, two switches, typing with morse code, unusual input devices | 7 Responses

inkBook 2.0 Handwriting-aware Note Taker Released

By Ricky Buchanan on December 6, 2008

inkBook 2.0 Handwriting-aware Note Taker Released

Mage Software has released version 2.0 of their inkBook program which takes advantage of OS X’s InkWell handwriting recognition technology to let you search, copy, and export notes handwritten with a tablet and stylus.

Posted in OS X, Overuse Injuries, Primary Mouse Users, Upgraded software, Users | Tagged handwriting recognition, unusual input devices | 2 Responses

Laptop Orchestras – Making Music With Unusual Inputs

By Ricky Buchanan on November 17, 2008

Laptop Orchestras – Making Music With Unusual Inputs

In the Apple Pro Profiles section there’s a great article about a group called the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) who use MacBooks and a variety of unusual input techniques and devices to make computer music.

Posted in Developers, Information, Mac Laptops, Supporters, Users | Tagged unusual input devices | 1 Response

Turn Handwriting Into Text With InkWell

By Ricky Buchanan on November 12, 2008

Turn Handwriting Into Text With InkWell

Did you know that Mac OS X comes with a built in handwriting recognition system known as InkWell. If you have a pen and tablet for input, you can use it right away with no set-up needed! It’s known to be quirky and hasn’t been updated for a while, but Apple recently advertised for a handwriting engineer so there’s hope yet!

Posted in Information, New Software, Primary Mouse Users, Supporters, Users | Tagged handwriting recognition, unusual input devices | 6 Responses

Turn Your iPhone Into An Air Mouse

By Ricky Buchanan on November 7, 2008

Turn Your iPhone Into An Air Mouse

An Air Mouse is one you can hold in your hand and move around. This type of mouse moves the mouse cursor in response to the left/right and up/down movement of your hand holding the mouse. The Air Mouse application for the iPhone and iPod Touch turns your gadget into one of these types of mice.

Posted in iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, New Software, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged air mouse, mouse alternative, mouse replacement, trackpad, unusual input devices | 1 Response

iPod Touch Ideas For Stylus, Mouth Stick, and Head Pointer Users

By Paul Natsch on October 8, 2008

iPod Touch Ideas For Stylus, Mouth Stick, and Head Pointer Users

Something as simple as tapping the screen of an iPhone or iPod Touch can be a big problem for people with physical disabilities. Here are some suggestions and alternative solutions that may help.

Posted in Information, iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, Mobility Impaired | Tagged features, head pointer, ipod touch, mouth stick, stylus, unusual input devices | 7 Responses

Control Your Computer Based On Proximity And Location

By Ricky Buchanan on September 17, 2008

Control Your Computer Based On Proximity And Location

Ever realised that you can set up your computer so it will do different things depending on whether you are close with your Bluetooth phone, and on what wireless networks are available.

Posted in Environmental control, Geek, Information, Mobility Impaired, Neurologically Impaired, New Software, Other Impairment, Primary Mouse Users, Primary Switch Users, Supporters, Users | Tagged bluetooth, cell phone, eadl, ecu, efficiency, Environmental control, mobile phone, start computer automatically, turn computer off automatically, turn computer on automatically, unusual input devices | Leave a response

Tilt, Turn, Shake – iPhone Games Using Alternate Inputs

By Ricky Buchanan on September 12, 2008

Tilt, Turn, Shake – iPhone Games Using Alternate Inputs

The iPhone and iPod touch come with very accurate accelerometers – the programs which are running can know when the device is being moved, and how much/how far/which direction it’s being moved. Game developers have taken advantage of this capability to develop some games which just rely on the device being moved or shaken!

Posted in iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, New Software, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Mouse Users, Primary Switch Users, Users | Tagged games, ipod touch, unusual input devices | Leave a response

iNavigate – New head mouse software for OS X

By Ricky Buchanan on July 16, 2008

iNavigate – New head mouse software for OS X

iNavigate is a new head-mouse which uses an iSight camera and is implemented entirely in software in a similar manner to Windows’ “CameraMouse” program.

Posted in Geek, New Software, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged free, head mouse, head pointer, head tracking, mouse alternative, mouse replacement, unusual input devices | 10 Responses

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