Any Virtual Keyboards? Free?

FireAnt · 03-19-2005, 09:32 AM

I'm looking for an on screen keyboard for the Mac that is free. Anyone have a link? Will use with my Lilliput 7" Touch Screen.

Thanks,
Mike

skizot · 03-20-2005, 05:36 PM

It's not free, but well worth taking a look at. It even has a free trial. Kind of pricey though.

http://www.assistiveware.com/touchstrokes.php

You could always use the keyboard viewer built into OS X:
System Preferences>International>Input Menu - turn on
Then access from menu bar. You would have to use a stylus probably to use if efficiently, but free.

MacVroom · 03-21-2005, 07:09 PM

Here's one that's relatively inexpensive - $12.

It has a few different layouts (small, standard, and extended) that can be resized. There are also a few preferences to control its functionality.

You can try it out for free for 14 days.

Check it out...
http://www.corallosoftware.com/tastieraUSA.html

Grimey · 03-22-2005, 07:42 AM

That one looks pretty promising. Good find. Have you tried it out yet?

babas151 · 03-30-2005, 08:22 PM

well OSX comes with one bui;t in it looks like crap but works.
it's in your international settings in the control pannel

FireWire · 04-11-2005, 04:57 PM

In fact you can build your own! Using Inteface Builder and ProjectBuilder, I managed to code a little proof of concept last year, complete with preliminary voice support. Unfortunately I'm still using 10.2 so I had to rely on an external app to output the key to the system (Ex: salling clicker, or other scripting addition), but I believe with 10.3 you can do it more easily, thanks to GUI Scripting.

Of course I can't try it but the code would look like

Code:

tell application "System Events"
 tell process X
  keystroke "I" using command down
  -- you can use modifier keys, too!
 end tell
end tell

Otherwise, TouchStroke is wonderful, but at 95$, I prefer to use a less featured product.

Good luck!