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Keyboards For One Handed Typing & Chording?

Posted by Cliff on from the one-hand-tied-behind-my-back dept.

FullFrontalNerdity asks: "I recently hurt my wrist in a car accident, the net result being that I am forced to type with one hand due to the pain that typing normally causes. Needless to say, its slow, inaccurate and limits by ability to do my job (I'm a software developer). Does anyone have experience (good or bad) with one hand chording keyboards or other input methods that work well in a software development environment?" We have to realize that computer users may suffer from a disability or an injury. When injuries occur to the hands, it turns in to a computer user's nightmare. Are there keyboards out there that attempt to address this possibility so people with such problems aren't forced to use a device that really requires two hands?

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  1. Try... by rjamestaylor · · Score: 2

    This Google search... Seems to be rich with options.

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    -- @rjamestaylor on Ello
  2. You Might Try by voidzero · · Score: 3
    Chording keyboards and the Datahand (one and two-handed models available).

    For those of you who want to minimise occupational typing injuries, have a look at the Typing Injury FAQ.