Surfing mouseless.If the reader will allow me a brief departure, I use a standard computer with some specialized hardware and software made by Prentke-Romiche, Inc., of Wooster, Ohio. I use an onscreen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. keyboard, which allows me to type without hands. It has a word-prediction function, which significantly increases my typing speed. The hardware is the Headmaster 2000, which is a headmounted or more accurately an eyeglass-mounted--mouse. Moving my head moves the cursor (1) The symbol used to point to some element on screen. On Windows, Mac and other graphics-based screens, it is also called a "pointer," and it changes shape as it is moved with the mouse into different areas of the application. on my monitor. An infrared beam is produced by a device mounted on the left earpiece of my eyeglasses eyeglasses or spectacles, instrument or device for aiding and correcting defective sight. Eyeglasses usually consist of a pair of lenses mounted in a frame to hold them in position before the eyes. . A clear plastic mouse mounted on top of the monitor picks up the beam. The system triangulates the beam's position to aim the cursor. I can left-click by puffing An opinion or judgment that is not made as a representation of fact. Puffing is generally an expression or exaggeration made by a salesperson or found in an advertisement that concerns the quality of goods offered for sale. or right-click by sipping on a straw in my mouth. With this system, I can perform all the functions of a regular mouse, including click and drag Using a pointing device, such as a mouse, to latch onto an icon on screen and move it to some other location. When the screen pointer is over the icon of the object, the mouse button is clicked to grab it. The button is held down while the object is moved ("dragged") to its destination. . In fact, I am able to perform 95 to 98% of the functions that a non-disabled computer user can perform. --SR |
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