Telephones - What features do disabled people need?
Plug-in keyboard.

 

• • Deafness.

• • Blindness.

• • • Deaf-blindness.

• • • Limited dexterity.

• • • Limited use of hands/arms.

• • • Weak grip.

• • Hand tremor.

Illustration of plug-in keyboard being activated by a head-mounted pointing device.

 


For many disabled people it is important to be able to connect an external keyboard. This enables them to set up a range of customised systems such as the facility to use specialised controls as shown above.

Additional cost - medium.

 

 

 

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