Access DOS software / Disabilities

["Joanna F. Fountain" <joanna@TENET.EDU>]

FYI - There are several free computer programs for IBM-type PCs,
provided as a group, titled AccessDOS.  The "blurb" on the front of the
manual reads, "Provides extended keyboard, mouse, and sound access for DOS
user's. [sic]  It is especially helpful to those user's with disabilities.
Developed by the Trace Research and Development Center, University of
Wisconsin-Madison."  They send both 3.5- and 5.25-inch diskettes.

The address on the packing slip is:  PC Books & Special Promotions
                                     107 Tom Starling Road
                                     Fayetteville, NC 28306

Program titles: StickyKeys; MouseKeys; ToggleKeys; Keyboard Response
Group: RepeatKeys, SlowKeys and BounceKeys; SerialKeys; ShowSounds; and
TimeOut.

The programs allow the keyboard to do things for a person with limited
hand or finger capacity (temporary or permanent); for example MouseKeys
allows the directional cursor keys to function as a mouse...

Joanna F. Fountain, Adjunct Faculty
GSLIS, The University of Texas at Austin