Re: Silent Keyboard Needed

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From: Alex Butcher
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:00

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On Fri, 21 Mar 1997 10:04:54 +0000 (GMT), N.Bruce@leeds.ac.uk (Nigel
Bruce) wrote:

>Hello
>
>Does anyone know of a company who manufactures totally silent or 
>extra quiet keyboards. Our Disability Support Unit offers a service to 
>students whereby they will go into lectures and make notes for deaf and 
>visually impaired students. The problem is that the other students complain 
>about the distracting noise made by a conventional keyboard. 
>
>If you know of such a keyboard please could you email me with details of how 
>to contact the company.

The *non-click* Acer keyboards sold by Scan <http://www.scan.co.uk>
for about 15UKP are pretty quiet IMHO.

If somebody is typing at speed, I think you'll find that just about
any board will make *some* noise.

>
>thanks
>
>Nigel

Regards,
Alex.
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Computing Service, University of Bristol, Tyndall Ave. Bristol BS8 1UD
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