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>Physically Disabled</TITLE
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NAME="physical">5. Physically Disabled</H1
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>There are a wide range of physical disabilities that can impair a user's mobility, and many of these impairments need to be
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addressed on an individual basis. This section addresses impairments that apply to users who have difficulty using a mouse,
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pointing device, or keyboard.</P
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NAME="AEN337">5.1. Keyboard Navigation</H2
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>There are features that are built into the Linux operating system that allow for additional keyboard configuration. In some
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of the X Windows desktops these settings can be changed from the control center. An application has also been developed for X
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Windows called AccessX and it provides a graphical user interface for configuring all the AccessX keyboard
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settings. These settings are:</P
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><STRONG
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>StickyKeys </STRONG
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>enable the user to lock modifier keys (for example,
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control and shift) allowing single finger operations in place of multiple key combinations.</P
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><STRONG
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>MouseKeys </STRONG
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>provide alternative keyboard sequences for cursor movement and mouse
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button operations.</P
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><STRONG
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>SlowKeys </STRONG
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>requires the user to hold the key down for a specified period of time
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before the keystroke is accepted. This prevents keystrokes that are pressed by accident from being sent.</P
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><STRONG
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>ToggleKeys</STRONG
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> sound an audio alert that warns the user that a keystroke created a
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locking state for keys, such as Caps Lock, and Num Lock. </P
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><STRONG
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>RepeatKeys </STRONG
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>allow a user with limited coordination additional time to release
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keys before multiple key sequences are sent to the application.</P
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><STRONG
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>BounceKeys </STRONG
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>or <STRONG
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>Delay Keys </STRONG
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>have a delay between
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keystrokes. This function can help prevent the system from accepting unintentional keystrokes.</P
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NAME="AEN360">5.2. Assistive Technologies for the Physically Disabled</H2
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>The following is a list of assistive technologies for the physically disabled:</P
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NAME="AEN363">5.2.1. On-Screen Keyboard</H3
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>On-screen keyboards enable a user to select keys using a pointing device, such as a mouse, trackball, or touch pad.
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This application can be used in place of a standard keyboard.</P
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><STRONG
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>GTkeyboard </STRONG
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>is a on-screen, graphical keyboard and can be downloaded at:
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HREF="http://opop.nols.com/gtkeyboard.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://opop.nols.com/gtkeyboard.html</A
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>. </P
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><STRONG
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>GNOME Onscreen Keyboard (GOK)</STRONG
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>is a on-screen, graphical keyboard that enables users to control their computer without having to rely on a standard keyboard or mouse. MOre information is available at <A
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HREF="http://www.gok.ca"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.gok.ca</A
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>. </P
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NAME="AEN375">5.2.2. Speech Recognition</H3
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>Speech recognition utilities are used by people with mobility impairments, so they can operate the computer using
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voice control.</P
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>Open Mind Speech </STRONG
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>is a development project for
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speech recognition tools and applications. Information for the project and a mailing list are available at:
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HREF="http://freespeech.sourceforge.net/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://freespeech.sourceforge.net/</A
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>. </P
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><STRONG
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>ViaVoice Dictation for Linux </STRONG
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>allows you to write documents using your
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voice rather than a keyboard. Information and downloads are available at:
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HREF="http://www-4.ibm.com/software/speech/dev/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www-4.ibm.com/software/speech/dev/</A
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>. </P
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>This site has information and links related to several different speech recognition utilities.
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HREF="http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/unix/unixshar.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/unix/unixshar.html</A
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NAME="AEN390">5.3. Additional Resources</H2
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>The following is a list of additional Web sites that may be of interest to users with mobility
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impairments:
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>This site provides a kernel patch that can be downloaded to enable a one-handed keyboard. The download is
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available at:
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HREF="http://www.fourtytwo.de"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.fourtytwo.de</A
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>. </P
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>Configuration and information on Adapting the Linux Keyboard for a one handed user is available at:
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HREF="http://www.eklhad.net/linux/app/onehand.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.eklhad.net/linux/app/onehand.html</A
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><STRONG
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>Morseall </STRONG
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>allows the user to control a Linux shell by tapping Morse code on the
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left mouse button:
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HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/morseall"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://sourceforge.net/projects/morseall</A
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>. </P
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>The keyboard and console HOWTO provides additional keyboard configuration information.
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HREF="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO</A
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>There is a <STRONG
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>Speech Recognition HOWTO</STRONG
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>, written by Stephen Cook that provides
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complete details for anyone interested in learning more about speech recognition applications.
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HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/</A
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