KeyStrokes 3.6 review
DownloadKeyStrokes is a fully-functional 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.
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KeyStrokes is a fully-functional 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.
Thanks to its revolutionary PolyPredix™ word prediction engine it can do word completion, next word prediction and even multi-word prediction in any Roman language as well as many other languages. The PolyPredix™ prediction engine offers many unique, time and effort saving features allowing significantly easier and faster typing. PolyPredix™ can reduce typing efforts by 50 to 70%.
KeyStrokes 3.6 or higher provides word prediction for the hardware keyboard, it's on-screen keyboard and for SwitchXS 2.1 or higher. It can be used with a keyboard, mouse, trackball, head pointer, touch screen, or other mouse emulator.
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!
On Mac OS X KeyStrokes provides SmartTransparency™ technology to provide you with an optimum use of your screen real-estate and make sure the virtual keyboard never gets in your way.
With KeyStrokes virtual keyboard a person who can only use a mouse or mouse emulator can have complete access to the Macintosh, the Internet and by extension the World.
Here are some key features of "KeyStrokes":
Fully functional on-screen keyboard floating above other applications.
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. Currently, multi-word prediction dictionaries are included for English US, English UK, French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Italian. More will be available soon (at no charge). PolyPredix™ can reduce typing efforts by 50 to 70%.
KeyStrokes 3.6 or higher provides prediction for the on-screen keyboard, the hardware keyboard and for SwitchXS 2.1 or higher.
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)
Has configurable auto-spacing and auto-capitalization features for a number of languages.
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.
Works with US and international keyboard layouts and offers seven interactively resizable keyboard models.
Offers extensive customization, including various key designs, selectable font, and adjustable key spacing.
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.
Provides a Simple Mode to limit a student's access to more advanced features.
Also available in French, German, Dutch, Italian, and Norwegian.
Limitations:
When first installed KeyStrokes runs in a trial mode that allows you to try out the software for 15 days (these need not be consecutive).
What's New:
Includes a KeyStrokes Widget that facilitates using KeyStrokes for typing in Dashboard
Added a special Game Mode for enhanced compatibility with games such as Ford Racing 2 that "freeze" the cursor
Significantly improved performance under many conditions
Now compatible with secure screen savers and with Snapz Pro X 2.0.2 and later
Fix: On Tiger clicking on suggested items in the separate Prediction window works again.
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