EDPS 45900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Computer Keyboard

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Educational and Psychological Studies
• Course: EDPS 45900
• Professor: Professor Mason

Document Summary

Can be customizable to meet individuals needs by affixing a variety of self-adhesive labels to keys, labels with larger letters and higher contrast may help students. May be controlled by movements of the hand/arm, head or foot to press keyboards. Acrylic or metal covers with holes that are places atop the computer keyboard; generally there is a corresponding hole for each of the keys. Flexible, polyurethane covers that fit over the computer keyboard to protect it from moisture, dirt, dust, or other damaging substances. Remains in one place, to move the mouse pointer, a ball, which is housed in the stationary base, is rotated; the mouse pointer moves in response to the rotation of the ball. Available for both desktop and laptop computers, one component of the system sits on top of the monitor and the student wears the other component.