KeyStrokes 3.6

KeyStrokes is a fully-functional advanced virtual on-screen keyboard that allows you to type with a mouse, trackball, head pointer or other mouse emulator to type characters into any standard Macintosh application.
KeyStrokes provides advanced multilingual word prediction.
Thanks to its revolutionary PolyPredix™ word prediction engine it can do word completion, next word prediction and even multi-word prediction in any Roman language as well as many other languages. The PolyPredix™ prediction engine offers many unique, time and effort saving features allowing significantly easier and faster typing. PolyPredix™ can reduce typing efforts by 50 to 70%.
KeyStrokes 3.6 or higher provides word prediction for the hardware keyboard, its on-screen keyboard and for SwitchXS 2.1 or higher. It can be used with a keyboard, mouse, trackball, head pointer, touch screen, or other mouse emulator.
For those who can position the pointer, but not click the mouse buttons, the integrated Dwellix™ system-wide dwell-based utility allows mouse button clicks to be entered by simply holding the cursor motionless for a programmable period of time. You can even type without clicking!
On Mac OS X KeyStrokes provides SmartTransparency™ technology to provide you with an optimum use of your screen real-estate and make sure the virtual keyboard never gets in your way.
With KeyStrokes virtual keyboard a person who can only use a mouse or mouse emulator can have complete access to the Macintosh, the Internet and by extension the World.
Main features:
- Fully functional on-screen keyboard floating above other applications.
- Works seamlessly with all standard Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X applications.
- Includes PolyPredix™, an advanced word prediction engine that can do word completion, next word prediction and even multi-word prediction in any Roman language as well as many other languages. Currently, multi-word prediction dictionaries are included for English US, English UK, French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Italian. More will be available soon (at no charge). PolyPredix™ can reduce typing efforts by 50 to 70%.
- KeyStrokes 3.6 or higher provides prediction for the on-screen keyboard, the hardware keyboard and for SwitchXS 2.1 or higher.
- Learns your vocabulary as you type or through text files and on Mac OS X learned text can even be spell-checked automatically to prevent learning typos.
- Includes a powerful dictionary editor to edit user dictionaries or even design dictionaries for additional languages or dialects.
- Provides various visual and audio-feedback features including speaking what you type (the latter option is built-in for English and can be extended to other languages and higher quality voices by using Proloquo)
- Has configurable auto-spacing and auto-capitalization features for a number of languages.
- Provides powerful shortcut expansion features.
- Includes Dwellix™, and advanced, system-wide, dwelling solution to click and type without pushing the mouse button.
- Includes SmartTransparency™ technology to automatically show and hide the keyboard as needed.
- Handles command-key combinations, dead-keys, and modifier key - click combinations and auto-key repeat.
- Works with US and international keyboard layouts and offers seven interactively resizable keyboard models.
- Offers extensive customization, including various key designs, selectable font, and adjustable key spacing.
- Includes has a special “invade fullscreen” and game modes” for increased compatibility with fullscreen applications and games. On 10.4 (Tiger) also provides a Dashboard widget that facilitates typing with KeyStrokes into Dashboard widgets.
- Provides a Simple Mode to limit a students access to more advanced features.
- Also available in French, German, Dutch, Italian, and Norwegian.
Version restrictions:
- When first installed KeyStrokes runs in a trial mode that allows you to try out the software for 15 days (these need not be consecutive).
Enhancements:
- Includes a KeyStrokes Widget that facilitates using KeyStrokes for typing in Dashboard
- Added a special Game Mode for enhanced compatibility with games such as Ford Racing 2 that "freeze" the cursor
- Significantly improved performance under many conditions
- Now compatible with secure screen savers and with Snapz Pro X 2.0.2 and later
- Fix: On Tiger clicking on suggested items in the separate Prediction window works again.