Morse code text typing training of a teenager with cerebral palsy using a six-switch Morse keyboard

Technology and Disability

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-173

  Hsieh, Ming Che ^a   Luo, Ching Hsing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Human computer interface; Keyboard alternatives; Morse code; Physical disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CODING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0032873747     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-1999-10305     Document Type: Article

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