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...unless they were using this keyboard...

Here

They have opaque and transparent ones:

http://hooleon.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&S tore_Code=KBH&Product_Code=OV-0658

http://hooleon.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&S tore_Code=KBH&Product_Code=OV-0658.

(There might be better and cheaper ones around, probably, as you don't need to get "dvorak" stickers, afterall, just get regulars ones and stick them in the dvorak formation).

I just change my OS to handle both qwerty and dvorak.

They have opaque and transparent ones:

http://hooleon.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&S tore_Code=KBH&Product_Code=OV-0658

http://hooleon.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&S tore_Code=KBH&Product_Code=OV-0658.

(There might be better and cheaper ones around, probably, as you don't need to get "dvorak" stickers, afterall, just get regulars ones and stick them in the dvorak formation).

I just change my OS to handle both qwerty and dvorak.

I just buy labels labels from These guys

or this...

nobody has ever done this before.

Hah, very funny. I was being serious. Google yields very few good QWERTY keyboards with braille, about the best one I found was here.

Man I should be a high priced consultant.

Here is a what a quick Froogle search came up with.
Keyboard Condom

Man I should be a high priced consultant.

Here is a what a quick Froogle search came up with.

Keyboard Condom

Who needs letters on their keyboard? Pah! Truw Linuc nerds don't need legemds on our keybosrds,,,

You could always use the right-hand Dvorak layout here - windows can switch to it pretty easily (i use the standard Dvorak layout myself on MS Natural Keyboard Pro), and there are online stores where you can get 'custom' keyboards and keytop labels if you want them. (I'm not impressed with the keyboards though, which appear to have just had the keytops switched)

Actually, before reading this article, I hadn't even thought about applying this type of technology to myself. Thanks for the eye opener MrIcee. But it is true. As we get older, this type of technology is going to become all to personal. I should really have considered it before, since I'm near sighted with over 13 points of loss so far. (If my glasses weren't this new carbon stuff, my glasses would be a little short of a 1/2 inch thick on the edges.)

Anyway, the first thing that came to mind was a vision of Sneakers, a movie from 1992, that included David Strathairn as Whistler, who was visually impaired. He read Playboy in Braille, and had a great box that let him read what was on the computer screen. It's not quite the same but I found something that can do the same thing. http://www.deafblind.com/display.html Unfortunately, these refreshable Braille displays are EXTREMELY expensive. I've been finding prices of about $5,000 to $12,000. They are also prone to breaking down.

By the way, does anyone know how hard it is to learn Braille? I've never tried. Is it something I should do now, while younger, or is it easy enough that I shouldn't worry until I go blind?

I also found a couple of solutions.. There is a company that sells both large print keyboards, http://hooleon.com/prod-vis.htm and Braile keyboards http://hooleon.com/prod-braille.htm. (Or you can get them both.)

I also found a couple of software packages that seem to be pretty common for reading text out loud off computer screens.

IBM Home Page Reader http://www-3.ibm.com/able/hpr.html
pwWebSpeak http://www.soundlinks.com/pwgen.htm
Jaws http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/jaws .asp

And last, but not least, since I am a bibliophile, I had to find some Braille e-books for download. http://library.utah.gov/web-braille.html But you have to be blind to sign up for the service.

Actually, before reading this article, I hadn't even thought about applying this type of technology to myself. Thanks for the eye opener MrIcee. But it is true. As we get older, this type of technology is going to become all to personal. I should really have considered it before, since I'm near sighted with over 13 points of loss so far. (If my glasses weren't this new carbon stuff, my glasses would be a little short of a 1/2 inch thick on the edges.)

Anyway, the first thing that came to mind was a vision of Sneakers, a movie from 1992, that included David Strathairn as Whistler, who was visually impaired. He read Playboy in Braille, and had a great box that let him read what was on the computer screen. It's not quite the same but I found something that can do the same thing. http://www.deafblind.com/display.html Unfortunately, these refreshable Braille displays are EXTREMELY expensive. I've been finding prices of about $5,000 to $12,000. They are also prone to breaking down.

By the way, does anyone know how hard it is to learn Braille? I've never tried. Is it something I should do now, while younger, or is it easy enough that I shouldn't worry until I go blind?

I also found a couple of solutions.. There is a company that sells both large print keyboards, http://hooleon.com/prod-vis.htm and Braile keyboards http://hooleon.com/prod-braille.htm. (Or you can get them both.)

I also found a couple of software packages that seem to be pretty common for reading text out loud off computer screens.

IBM Home Page Reader http://www-3.ibm.com/able/hpr.html
pwWebSpeak http://www.soundlinks.com/pwgen.htm
Jaws http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/jaws .asp

And last, but not least, since I am a bibliophile, I had to find some Braille e-books for download. http://library.utah.gov/web-braille.html But you have to be blind to sign up for the service.

/.: GAME OVER!

That's it, I won. I got 50 karma points in my obsessive little hunt.

Now I'm goint to join a 12 step program to try and regain my life. No More Slashdot! The Ctrl and R keys on my keyboard show visible wear from reloading Slashdot for new things to read.

Go ahead and mod this down. That's like getting 'EXTENDED PLAY' time! I get to go after some more points!

/.: WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY AGAIN?

How about Braille dots? This should be easier to feel than just the letter-shaped raised ridges, and there's no concave areas to collect spilled/builtup gunk.

I didn't find any prebuilt braille-dotted keys, but did find these stick-on caps: hooleon.com. Incidentally, this company appears to do many weird things with keyboards.