Input devices
Mouseless navigation
Individuals with motor impairments, or who are blind might not be able to navigate a computer via a mouse. They can use a variety of different input devices as an alternative to a traditional mouse or touchpad.
- Keyboard
- Trackball
- Touchscreen
- Headmouse
- Eyegaze
- Voice control (Mac or third-party software)
- Smartpen
- Handwriting into text converter
- Tap
- Switch interface
- Footmouse
- Mousekeys (Windows)
Keyboardless navigation
Alternatively, for those that do not use a traditional physical keyboard, there are options as well. You will notice some are the same.
- On Screen Keyboard (mouse or alternative mouse to control keyboard)
- Mouse
- Touchpad
- Trackball
- Touchscreen
- Headmouse
- Eygaze
- Voice control
- Smartpen
- Handwriting into text converter
- Tap
- Switch interface
- Speech recognition
- Headpointer
- One-handed keyboard
- smaller keyboard