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jadelennoxI seriously love the blog Hand to Mouth: Assistive Technology (![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png)
hand2mouth_feed). He is an infrequent blogger, but blogs primarily about being a mostly-handsfree computer user, and I've learned some great tips from him (not least from his "Dragon NaturallySpeaking tag").
A while ago he wrote a review of the LightIO touchless touchhad, and I ended up buying it for work. I have very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it really is touchless -- there are sensors that can see your finger above the surface of the touchpad, which makes a big difference for me. On the other hand, in the touchless mode it's pretty hard to control, and I don't think I will ever be as deft with it as I am with the normal touchpad. But on the third hand (she said, channeling Tevye), the fact that I'm not as deft with it discourages me from using it, which means I'm in a lot less pain at the end of the day. Social engineering of a sort.
In any case, I have it plugged in at work where sometimes I just really do need to use a mouse, and it is slow and clunky and the pain but doesn't actually hurt me, so all in all it's a net win.
hand2mouth_feed). He is an infrequent blogger, but blogs primarily about being a mostly-handsfree computer user, and I've learned some great tips from him (not least from his "Dragon NaturallySpeaking tag").A while ago he wrote a review of the LightIO touchless touchhad, and I ended up buying it for work. I have very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it really is touchless -- there are sensors that can see your finger above the surface of the touchpad, which makes a big difference for me. On the other hand, in the touchless mode it's pretty hard to control, and I don't think I will ever be as deft with it as I am with the normal touchpad. But on the third hand (she said, channeling Tevye), the fact that I'm not as deft with it discourages me from using it, which means I'm in a lot less pain at the end of the day. Social engineering of a sort.
In any case, I have it plugged in at work where sometimes I just really do need to use a mouse, and it is slow and clunky and the pain but doesn't actually hurt me, so all in all it's a net win.
