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  • December 30, 2011 at 7:48 pm #74162
    Alternatives to fingers for using touch screens – solutions

    Came across these and thought they might be of interest for us folks…

    Alternatives to fingers to enable use of touch screens like an iPad that use capacitance.

    I find reaching on the iPad tricky when you can’t raise your hand or use one hand to lift the other to a place to touch.

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/shapedad
    Turn head sticks and other pointers into capitative styli for touch screens

    http://beststylus.com/physically-handicapped.html
    and
    http://www.globascope.com/wicocapacitive.html

    USA but interesting – telescopic stylus and grips

    and a whole range in this article (which the above are from)

    http://www.macworld.com/article/164440/2011/12/macworld_buying_guide_ipad_styluses.html#lsrc.rss_main

    criptic
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    December 31, 2011 at 3:20 am #83809
    Re: Alternatives to fingers for using touch screens – soluti

    These pages make very interesting reading. I just wish my O.T.’s had access to all this stuff twelve years ago when I had the “Access To Work” grant. It could have made a very big differenc. Thanks will be bookmarking these.

    "Even if you are not paranoid, it does not mean they are not out to get you!".

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    January 1, 2012 at 2:15 pm #83810
    Re: Alternatives to fingers for using touch screens – soluti

    There’s an article about this in quest from mda usa

    http://quest.mda.org/article/mobile-tech-tips-weak-hands

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    January 1, 2012 at 4:08 pm #83811
    Re: Alternatives to fingers for using touch screens – soluti

    @ameena wrote:

    There’s an article about this in quest from mda usa

    http://quest.mda.org/article/mobile-tech-tips-weak-hands

    Thanks Ameena, you are really “on the ball” this week.

    I just bought a similar but inferior item to hold my iPod Touch permanently
    at the right position but this would have been better. Other items good too !!!

    "Even if you are not paranoid, it does not mean they are not out to get you!".

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