KeyStrokes is a full function advanced virtual on-screen keyboard that allows you to type with a mouse, trackball, head pointer or other mouse emulator to type characters into any standard Macintosh application.
KeyStrokes provides advanced multilingual word prediction.
KeyStrokes 4 includes LayoutKitchen, which enables users to design their own virtual keyboards. Such virtual keyboards can be used not only for typing, but also to launch applications, speak, run AppleScripts and much more.
For those who can position the pointer, but not click the mouse buttons, the integrated Dwellix system-wide dwell-based utility allows mouse button clicks to be entered by simply holding the cursor motionless for a programmable period of time. You can even type without clicking!
Features:
* Full function on-screen keyboard floating above other applications
* Excellent companion for HeadMouse Extreme or other mouse emulators
* New in KeyStrokes 4 users can design their own virtual keyboards with LayoutKitchen. Such virtual keyboards can be used not only for typing, but also to launch applications, speak, run AppleScripts and much more.
* Works seamlessly with all standard Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X applications
* Includes PolyPredix, an advanced word prediction engine that can do word completion, next word prediction and even multi-word prediction in any Roman language as well as many other languages. PolyPredix can reduce typing efforts by 50 to 70%.
* Learns your vocabulary as you type or through text files and on Mac OS X learned text can even be spell-checked automatically to prevent learning typos.
* Includes a powerful dictionary editor to edit user dictionaries or even design dictionaries for additional languages or dialects.
* Provides various visual and audio-feedback features including speaking what you type (the latter option is built-in for English and can be extended to other languages and higher quality voices by using Proloquo)
* Provides powerful shortcut expansion features.
* Includes Dwellix, and advanced, system-wide, dwelling solution to click and type without pushing the mouse button.
* Includes SmartTransparency technology to automatically show and hide the keyboard as needed.
* Handles command-key combinations, dead-keys, and modifier key - click combinations and auto-key repeat.
* Offers extensive customization, including various key designs, selectable font, and adjustable key spacing. KeyStrokes 4 even allows user-designed keyboards with the included LayoutKitchen software.
* Includes has a special “invade fullscreen” and game modes” for increased compatibility with fullscreen applications and games. On 10.4 (Tiger) also provides a Dashboard widget that facilitates typing with KeyStrokes into Dashboard widgets.
This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 14 December, 2008.