The foot mouse and programmable pedal can help people with hand, arm, shoulder, or more generally, upper body stresses, and in some severe cases, such as amputation and/or stroke, by allowing the them
to do all PC entries by foot. It consists of a two-part device: one for cursor control (slipper) and the
other for mouse clicks and shortcuts (the pedal). The pedal has a two-level design which prevents the user from stepping on the wrong buttons. The buttons not only mimic all "hand" mouse clicks, but also allow people to program their own customized shortcuts. (up to 10 shortcuts for each program)
What a great find. I didn't know they even had things like this! Great share
ReplyDeleteI had no idea a tool like this even existed. I actually have a student in mind that could benefit from this technology. Great AT post, I might have never heard of this otherwise
ReplyDeleteI once heard of someone using their toes to type on a regular keyboard, because they did not have control of their hands. What a great tool!
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