508 Keyboard

The 508 Keyboard gives you the best of both worlds – one-hand and two-hand typing. It's a full-size, standard keyboard that allows you to touch-type with your left hand, your right hand, or both hands. Whatever's more convenient. You decide.

• Ideal for Hand Related Injuries:
  • Ideal for one-handedness, Hemiplegia, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and otherhand-related injuries, Matias' innovative one-handed typing technologyprovides one-handed typists access comparable to two-handed typists, withoutundue burden.
  • It offers greater accessibility for disabled users, as well as productivitygains for other office workers. The added convenience of typing with onehand is ideal when using a mouse or a telephone with the other hand.
• Comparable Speed: One-handed typing speeds in the 30 to 60 words-per-minute range are easily achievable using the Matias 508 Keyboard. This range is comparable to the performance of most two-handed typists, and more than sufficient for typical clerical tasks.
• Comparable Skills:
  • One-handed typing is fast and easy on the 508 Keyboard. Since it usesyour exisitng skills, the learning curve is very short.
  • An average touch-typist can start one-handed typing immediately, andwill reach 34 words per minute after less than 10 hours of use.
  • For a non-touch typist, learning time is the same as learning two-handedtyping.
• Use Either Hand - or Both:
  • The Matias 508 Keyboard allows one-handed typing using either hand,left or right, or both hands, just like a standard keyboard.
  • One-handed typing can be switched on or off, using the "matias"key. Press once for one-handed typing, twice for two-handed typing.
  • One-handed typing on the 508 Keyboard is a lot like two-handed touch-typing:
    • Press the "matias" key once to turn on one-handed typing(pressing twice turns it off).
    • Place your hand in the standard home row position, and touch-typein the standard way.
    • For letters of the other (non-used) hand, hold down the space barwith your thumb, and use the fingers of your typing hand to do thesame movements that the other hand normally does.
    • Tap the space bar to type spaces.
    • Tap the Shift key once to capitalize the next letter you type.
• The Industry Standard:
  • Matias has proudly served the needs of the disability community forover 10 years. Its technology is the de facto standard for one-handedtyping in the industry.
  • The surface of each key is clearly labelled with all of the charactersand functions of both regular and one-handed typing modes, serving asan easy visual reference for the user.

• Width: 18.5" (47.0 cm)
• Depth (front to back): 7.0" (17.8 cm)
• Height: 1.0" (2.5 cm)
• Keyswitch Type: High-quality rubber dome(quiet, tactile)
• Colour: Black keys and casing,white legends
• Compatibility: Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT,ME, XP
  Mac
• Interface: PS/2 (PS/2 to USB adapterincluded)
• Warranty: Product is Discontinued - No Warranty or 30 Day Customer Satisfaction Guarantee On This Product