Re: Surfing the Net for Handicapped

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From: Brian Pomeroy
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 00:00

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At 10:04 AM 9/30/98 -0400, Lida Pinkham wrote:
>How would someone who was not able to use a mouse surf the internet?
>
>In Netscape you can use Ctrl+L and then type in an address, but what if =
>they want to activate a link on the page.=20
>
>Has anyone dealt with this before?  Is there a special browser, plug-in =
>or something that would allow a patron to surf the internet using a =
>keyboard?

One product I've seen that seems very practical is a foot-driven "mouse".
In this instance, you use your feet to manipulate a platform that controls
a cursor.  Unfortunately, I don't know of any specific manufacturers.


Brian Pomeroy
lunar@voicenet.com
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6346/bio.htm
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - http://www.chop.edu/

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