Windows accessibility
Windows Accessibility is an option in control panel you never go near because you’re not disabled. Then one day you realise you are. If you’re on a PC, open the control panel and click on Accessibility Options. The option I find most useful is called Mousekeys.
Go to the mouse tab and turn on Mousekeys. What it does is turn your keypad into a mouse controller. So you can move your mouse with the arrows – but the main thing I really use it for is clicking the mouse with the number 5. Now and then you find yourself in a situation where you want to keep clicking the mouse without moving it, like a next button on a series of web pages. I’m sure you know that repetitive mouse clicking is really bad and key pressing is a lot easier, so this is where Mousekeys can be really useful.
Tip: Used in conjunction with a foot pedal you can click with your foot. More on that in another post.
Tags: repetitive strain, Repetitive strain injury, rsi software, Smart computing, Software
April 30th, 2008 at 2:57 am
Thanks for the tip!!
Now if I could only figure out how to make the voice recognition work for Microsoft Word……
April 30th, 2008 at 9:40 am
I’ve tried VR a few times and could never get comfortable with it. I must check out how much its advanced sicne I last tried it.
August 27th, 2008 at 7:47 am
[...] to click the mouse in multiple succession. (If you don’t know about Mousekeys, see my post on Windows Accessibility options). However I plan to buy a separate keypad to make up for this. The main point is that having an [...]