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From: toppin@melpar.UUCP (Doug Toppin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Rapid text entry hardware?
Keywords: text entry
Message-ID: <197@melpar.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 89 22:21:21 GMT
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Organization: E-Systems, Falls Church, VA
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This may not be the appropriate group for this question but
here goes anyway. We are interested in attaching a special keyboard to
our machine via a serial port that is similar to what a courtroom
stenographer uses. It will allow a very rapid entry of shorthand
text. The high rate that legal stenographers are able to enter
shorthand is alsso necessary in our application.
Is anyone aware of a company that provides a special limited keyboard
that has a serial interface? We definitely want a separate
device rather than trying to force the user to use a shorthand
set on the normal keyboard. We are also considering using a touch
sensitive keypad.
Thanks in advance
Doug Toppin
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