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On-Screen keyboards

Use an image of a keyboard on-screen for typing
Alternative Vocabulary 1: 
keyboard, mouse, screen
Alternative Vocabulary 2: 
pointing, device, type, virtual, typing, onscreen, on-screen, devices
Alternative Vocabulary 3: 
pointer, using, visual, joystick, disabled, input, keyboards, special, control, characters, cursor, options, alternative, instead
Alternative Vocabulary 4: 
entry, touch, controlled, enable, hands, easy, without, keys, head, software, select, point, adapted, feature, qwerty, accessible, allows, free, pop, mobility, click, standard, one, finger, data, enter, add, limited, ada, physical
Alternative Vocabulary 5: 
assistance, accessibility, letters, enabled, called, visible-mouse, emulation, displayed, text, writer, impaired, assistant, key, commands, display, digital, system, popup, activated, unable, techniques, function, sticky, inputs, alternate, wireless, voice, trackball, uses, navigate, works, stylus, identify, programs, arms, mouth, stick, adaptation, fingerless, difficulty, compliance, character, buttons, turn, monitor, entering, strokes, settings, panel, disability, texting, pressed, clicked, speech, internal, arrow, alternatives, support, compliant, restricted, movements, air, operating, clickable, program, ways, interaction, functions
Screenshot of on-screen keyboard with colored keys and other keyboard functions.

Software that uses a phonetic approach to help spelling-disabled children and adults spell better. Instead of spelling words by trying to remember the letter sequence, users spell the words based on what they sound like. 

Screenshot of keyboard, showing four rows of keys and menu options across the top.

An on-screen keyboard program designed for use by people who have limited mobility, such as people suffering from muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, stroke, or similar handicaps or disabilities.

An on-screen digital keyboard. It resembles a standard, QWERTY-style keyboard with a number pad.

On-screen keyboard program designed for industrial and commercial applications to allow a mouse or any other pointing device to operate within any Windows program without, or as an addition to, a keyboard.

Screenshot of a Windows program displaying a blue spreadsheet with various figures and a graph.

Keyboard interface program designed to allow a mouse or any other pointing device to operate within Windows without, or as an addition to, a keyboard.

Picture of a hand holding a smartphone displaying the app, with a light green keyboard on the bottom and a text window on the top.

An on-screen keyboard designed to work on any sized device and for people with big fingers or grasping difficulties. It forgoes the QWERTY layout for a single-line of characters. It automatically autocorrects misspelled words and continues to "learn" the user's typing patterns.

A virtual keyboard with a white and blue color scheme, and a text box filed with below it.

Virtual keyboard that allows individuals with upper extremity disabilities, quadriplegia, or severe physical disabilities select letters, numbers or commands on a computer by pressing a button or a pedal.

Rectangular onscreen keyboard with large Qwerty layout and function buttons across the top.

A free, open-source multi-purpose on-screen keyboard. It was designed with the needs of handicapped persons in mind. 

Screenshot of a virtual on-screen keyboard with grey keys.

On-screen keyboard program designed for use in industrial and commercial applications by people with fine motor or upper extremity disabilities.

A cartoon illustration of a hand pointing to the letter "C" on a touchscreen device keyboard.

Android app that provides an adjustable-size keyboard interface and support for multiple languages.

Various types of accessibility features in connected wearables (smartwatches). The first image shows a smartwatch menu offering font size and screen brightness adjustments. Another photo shows a message on a smartwatch screen advising that "apps with dynamic text support will adjust to your preferred font size." A third image is of a smartwatch displaying a hearing accessibility menu, which offers the option to "mute all sounds" and a toggle On/Off button.

There are many different accessibility features that are built into connected wearables, as well as connected wearables designed specifically for different disability groups. GARI provides the ability to find just the features you are looking for.