Keyboard viewer

The client types into her computer using a ‘prodder’ held between her toes. The computer screen is directly in front of her and she has difficulty looking down at the keyboard to position the ‘prodder’.

A second-hand 14″ TV set was purchased and mounted adjacent to the computer screen on the computer trolley. A C.C.T.V. camera kit was bought and the camera was mounted under a convenient shelf on the trolley looking vertically down at the keyboard. The cables and power supply were enclosed, so that only one mains cable was needed.

They are now able to read the newspaper without assistance. Use of the computer was made much easier and a source of discomfort removed.