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Anyone used trackball or touch pad keyboards for editing? - Rose

Posted: May 17, 2014

I'm so sick of having my right hand have to bounce back and forth from trackball to home keys, and arrow keys back to home keys it is much slower than transcription. I also lose time having to constantly stop and feel for the home key position. I did a search for keyboards and found two that have the trackball or touch pad in the middle lower portion of the keyboard so you can do what used to be mouse work with your thumbs and it looks like your fingers don't have to leave the home keys to do this. Has anyone tried one of these for editing? Your experience?

The one with the touch pad is the Adesso Tru-Form Pro PCK-308UB that is priced from $45 to $71.

The only one that is ergo with a trackball in thumb area is the Ergonomic Optical Trackball Keyboard by Fentek Industries in AZ. Tried to call today for a price but closed so emailed them.

Link for photo. - Rose

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For some reason the photo link on this forum never works for me, just inserts a photo icon that won't open, so if you want to see the ergo keyboard with trackball, link is below.

Thanks for posting this. I completely forgot that I have one of - those. Bought many years ago, before SM

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asr even. That is how old it is, lol. I use a comfort keyboard that splits in the middle and looks like a drawbridge when a boat is passing underneath. My hands are in a neutral, hand shake position as I type. THe left hand side of the split space bar I have programed to be a 2nd backspace key. The right hand side in the upright position, places my right little finger right at the arrows.

I like asr. I like hand activities, such as crotcheting and embroidery. Asr seems like just another hand game at this point. There are times when you must use the keyboard and placing the touch-pad between the two raised keyboard halves, sounds like that might shave a few more seconds off each job. And those seconds add up over time. THanks for reminding me!!

As an ex-piano player my fingers have good muscle memory and returning to the original position isn't problem for me, thankfully. I cant wait to try it.

I have NO hand paid and don't expect to ever get it.

Oops, posted before looked at the pic. I have a touchpad only that hooks - to pc by usb. But for my set-up, it is just what I

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I use ergo, but not split keyboard (sm) - Rose

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But your's sounds much easier on the median nerve because the wrist doesn't have to twist. I used to have an Addesso with a touch pad. It was so long ago I can't remember if I used it much but would love to have one again to try it for editing. They also have keyboards that have backlights so you can use them in the dark Found one with a trackball but it was about $250 and not ergo.

Anyone remember the old WordStar diamond for moving the cursor around a document? I hated to give that up and it sure would come in handy for editing.

If anyone is interested in the trackball keyboard... - Rose

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The company that offers them got back to me today. They are still waiting to get a shipment from the manufacturer which may be a few months. They don't have a price yet on them but will let me know. They do have the keyboard with the touch pad, but it can be found for less at other places.

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