Keep modifier keys active until another key is pressed (StickyKeys)
This feature allows the user to press a modifier key, such as Shift, Ctrl, or Alt, and have it remain active until another key is pressed. This eliminates the need for simultaneous key presses.
Discussion by Disabilities
Users with tremors or muscle weakness may need settings that are drastically different from the defaults in order to be successful.
Adjustable keyboard settings can be set to match the user’s expectations, reducing incorrect keypresses and confusion.
Existing Products
Please note that these products are not necessarily endorsed by RtF, but represent the range of available options.
This feature is available on most operating systems.
Commercial, no free trial
These products must be purchased to be used, and did not offer free trials at the time of posting.
Related Research and Papers
- Automating accessibility: the dynamic keyboard(link is external) – IBM – Trewin, S. (2004)
- Thirty-Something Million: Should They Be Exceptions?(link is external)- Gregg C. Vanderheiden
- Advantages of assembly lines in Sheltered Work Centres for Disabled. A case study(link is external)- Cristóbal Miralles, Jose Pedro García-Sabater, Carlos Andrés, Manuel Cardos
- Access to Educational and Instructional Computer Technologies for Post‐secondary Students with Disabilities: lessons from three empirical studies(link is external)-Catherine S. Fichten, Jennison V. Asuncion, Maria Barile, Myrtis Fossey, Christina De Simone
- Accessible computer interaction for people with disabilities: the case of quadriplegics(link is external)- Kotzé, Paula; Eloff, M.M.; Adesina-Ojo, Ayodele
- Assistive and Adaptive Technology Resources(link is external)- Edward O. Cummings
- What Teacher-Librarians Should Know about Universal Design(link is external)- Heidi Neumann
- Assisting Individuals with Down Syndrome to Access Information Technology- An overview(link is external)- Frank Buckley
- A Comparison of Two Computer Access Systems for Functional Text Entry(link is external)- Rietta Campbell DeVries, Jean Deitz, Denis Anson
- Computer Access for People After Stroke(link is external)- Ed Hitchcock
- A Study of Two Keyboard Aids to Accessibility(link is external)- Shari Trewin, Helen Pain
- Home adaptation: Helping older people age in place(link is external)- Sandra B. Fielo, Susan A.Warren