Gus! Access Keyboard
For users with a physical disability who want to 'type' (send keystrokes) to a Windows application
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The Gus! Access Keyboard can be operated with any Windows compatible
pointing device including a mouse, trackball, touch screen or "head
pointing" device. This latter device enables the user to remotely move
the cursor anywhere on the screen and make selections by simply moving
the head (hands free). Select a key on the on-screen keyboard and it
will be "typed" into the computer for you!
Another way to operate the keyboard is using the included
"switch/scanning" feature. The "switch/scanning" method is extremely
valuable to people who do not have the head control to use a "head
pointing device" but have enough movement somewhere on their body to
activate a switch. As an example, if a user could only move their right
index finger very slightly, then a very sensitive switch can be mounted
beside that finger. When the letter they want to type is highlighted by
the "switch/scanning" feature in the software, they simply need to
activate the switch to make their selection.
Selecting one letter at a time could be a tedious way to type, if it
weren't for 3 included features called "word completion", "word
prediction" and "abbreviation expansion." If you look at the picture
to the right above, you will see a list of words on the right side. This is the word
completion/prediction box. It also displays abbreviations which are
explained below.
After you finish entering a word, the box will display a list of words
that normally follows the word you just entered, based on your own
vocabulary. For example, suppose you have entered the phrase "I want to
go home" on more than one occasion. Hence forth, after you type the word
"want" the box will display the word "to" as an offering for the next
word. If you select the word "to", the box will display the word "go"
along with 8 other words that have, in the past, followed the word "go."
As you can see, word completion and word prediction will greatly
accelerate your "typing" speed with switch/scanning.
Suppose you would like to type/speak "good morning everyone!" on the
Gus! Access Keyboard to greet your family. That is 3 words or 20 letters
to type. What if you could type only "gme" and the program would expand
it, automatically, to "good morning everyone!". That is exactly what
"abbreviation expansion" is all about. You simply type the abbreviation
("gme") and the program automatically inserts the expansion ("good
morning everyone!"). You can create as many abbreviations as you like!
Our most recent versions of the Gus! Access Keyboard include the
Microsoft Speech Synthesizer at NO additional cost. Using the marvelous
sounding voice, the Gus! Access Keyboard can speak each letter, or word,
or sentence...automatically using the best sounding speech synthesizer
on the market.... and its included...FREE.
Seamless Integration:
In this, our most recent version, we've added an indispensable feature
for internet cruising....integrated www navigation with "web
prediction". With this feature, single switch users can quickly move
from web site to web site without fussing with the URL line in Netscape
or Explorer. Once again, the Gus! Access Keyboard sets the standard for
full function on-screen keyboards.
There are significant differences between our on-screen keyboard and
every other product that attempts to complete with it:
The Gus! Access Keyboard embeds itself into the Windows task bar!! It
isn't just another window taking up valuable space on your screen but is
a fully functioning task bar application! What this means to you is that
the critical functions of the task bar (starting applications, switching
between applications etc) are nicely embedded into the Gus! Access
Keyboard. Of the over 100 on-screen keyboards currently available today,
this is the only one that offers true integration with the Windows
operating system.
The Gus! Access Keyboard is the only on-screen keyboard that offers
switch/scan users simple, fast access to the Gus! Scanning Cursor
and the Gus! Multimedia Speech System (sold separately). Therefore,
the switch/scan user can move seamlessly between keyboard control,
cursor control and communication (speech) using only a single
switch. We are the only company that offers this level of
integration of all three areas and it is the fundamental reason for
our success in this industry
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