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From: flanner@prls.UUCP (Philip D. Flanner III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Computing for physically disabled?
Message-ID: <17286@prls.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 88 15:22:43 GMT
Reply-To: flanner@prls.UUCP (Philip D. Flanner III)
Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California
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My cousin has a physical disability (cerebral palsy) that makes it 
difficult for her to type.  She is writing a book, currently using
a typewriter, but she would like to use a computer.  She says that
a computer with a keyboard that doesn't have auto-repeat keys would
be good enough, and she has been looking into getting an Apple II
for that reason.

My question is: Is there a way to change the operation of a IBM PC
(XT, clone etc..) in software to not auto-repeat?  It would have
to be a TSR I think.  Alternatively, does anyone know of any software
to make the PC easier to use for physically disabled people.

--- Phil Flanner II --> ...{pyramid,philabs}!prls!flanner