Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Making Computers More Accessible for Seniors

My Mom loves her large print keyboard, and now that she is typing more (because she can see the keys) she has run into a common problem for older people, when she types she often hits the keys more than once by accident. This problem is very annoying, and I was not sure of what to do until I found some great information to solve the problem on one of my favorite websites http://chestercreek.com/faqs.html If you or your parents have a hard time hitting a key only once, you can change the following settings on your computer to fix the problem:

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsxp/filterkeys.aspx

Now that mom has better control of the keyboard, she is enjoying her time online even more!

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