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BAT Keyboard
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This one-handed, compact input device replicates all the functions of a full-size keyboard, but with greater efficiency and convenience.
Online Price: $201.00 – $383.00
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Note: This product is currently on backorder until June 2008. If you have any questions please contact us at: 1-888-640-1999.
The ultimate typing solution for persons with physical or visual impairments
The BAT keyboard is easy to learn and use. Letters, numbers, commands and macros are simple key combinations, "chords," that you can master in no time. Best of all the BAT's unique ergonomic design reduces hand strain and fatigue for greater comfort and productivity. The BAT is the ultimate typing solution for persons with physical or visual impairments and is proven to increase productivity when used with graphic or desktop publishing software. Macintosh version is NOT OS X compatible.
- Ability to access the entire extended keyboard with only one hand
- Very little hand and arm movement required to type
- Ergonomically designed to position the hand in the most comfortable position
- PC Compatible - Just plug and play, easily connected through the keyboard port, no driver required
- Macintosh Compatible - connects through the ADB port and requires a small software driver (98k) be installed
• Daisy chainable - Both IBM and Macintosh compatible versions allow for an extended keyboard to be plugged directly into the BAT and used simultaneously allowing other users to access the computer
• Compact and light weight - The small size allows for easy placement in any position; i.e. desk top, lap, or mounted on a wheel chair
- Easy to learn - The learning curve has been shown to be shorter than that of the QWERTY (extended) keyboard. The chord design was based on research which considered a frequency of use character index, the biomechanical action required to chord, and the cognitive process required to remember the chord combination.
- Learning time - Within only a couple of hours of training users are familiar with the idea or feeling of what it is like to chord and have the letters, numbers and basic punctuation memorized. After only 20 to 30 hours users are up to speed, typing anywhere from 30 to 50 words per minute.
- Customizable - Extensive macro and word expansion capability with ChordEasy software allows keyboard customization for individuals special needs.
Best Uses for the BAT Keyboard
The BAT Personal Keyboard has applicability in any computing environment, especially those using the keyboard with a mouse or other input device. The keyboard is the perfect solution for computer aided drafting, desk top publishing, graphics design and other uses such as accounting, telemarketing, or customer service. It is excellent in applications requiring only one hand. The current trend in ergonomic keyboards (splitting and separating the QWERTY keyboard) makes the BAT keyboard even more compelling for single-handed use.
It is light weight and compact, takes little desk space and can easily be transported. Take the BAT keyboard with you as your personal keyboard. Use it with your laptop as a remote keyboard.
It is convenient and flexible. Use the BAT keyboard in any comfortable typing position, including the arm of your chair or your lap. Use it alone, in pairs, and with other input devices, such as a traditional keyboard, a mouse or a design tablet.
The BAT Personal Keyboard was developed over ten years of research by an internationally renowned human factors expert. Both the chord set and the physical design of keyboard are the result of that research.
Each BAT keyboard is capable of entering all characters and functions of a traditional keyboard (plus many more) with only seven keys! Data is entered by "chording": pressing a key or combination of keys simultaneously. Chords are easy to learn in about an hour. Moderate proficiency is gained in less than 10 hours, much less than with traditional keyboards. Most people achieve 30-50 wpm. Actual learning performance varies with individuals.
The BAT Keyboard and Disabilities
The BAT Personal Keyboard is a fully functioning keyboard for one hand. It’s innovative, compact design is ideal for individuals with physical or visual impairments. The keyboard’s small size allows user’s to easily port the BAT from home to work or school as well as place the keyboard in the most comfortable position to meet their needs. To enhance speed and efficiency ChordEasy® software, a word expansion and macro program, is included with the BAT turning it into a customizable keyboard.
An input system called "chording" is used to type on the BAT. Similar to Braille combinations of keys are pressed simultaneously. The BAT has seven keys, four for the fingers and three for the thumb. The center thumb key is used in combination with the four finger keys to type "space" and "a" through "z". The two outer thumb keys are used for special keys like "Alt", "Shift" and cursor movement. "Sticky" or "latching" keys are used to enter multiple key sequences, i.e. Alt F to open a file.
The BAT is a keyboard, it is not a mouse. However, all cursor movements can be achieved and with Windows ’95 and System 7 for Macintosh users can turn the keypad into a mouse. If a pointing device is desired, most users mount a portable Glidepoint touchpad (available from Infogrip) just above the thumb keys or place a trackball or mouse on the low side of the BAT, thereby minimizing hand movement.
Users can do anything on the BAT keyboard that they would with an extended keyboard and more. Included with the BAT is ChordEasy software. ChordEasy enhances user productivity, by giving them a customized short hand or Quickkeys type feature. Abbreviation expansions and macros turn long words, phrases or key sequences of up to 250 characters into two strokes. ChordEasy also allows the users to lock the BAT in Macro Mode, requiring only one stroke to be entered, transforming it into a fully customizable keyboard.
Windows Compatible
Mac Compatible
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