Abstract: A powered communication system comprises an improved layout of keys configured to treat, mitigate, or delay the onset and reduce the severity of symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and other pathologies by reducing movement of a user's fingers during typing. A layout of the powered communication system comprises the most-used letters on a home or center row while retaining a plurality of keys in the same placement as the QWERTY keyboard. The powered communication system further comprises customizable function keys to further reduce finger movement and at least one sensor to monitor a user's health while typing.

Abstract: A powered communication system comprises an improved layout of keys configured to treat, mitigate, or delay the onset and reduce the severity of symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and other pathologies by reducing movement of a user's fingers during typing. A layout of the powered communication system comprises the most-used letters on a home or center row while retaining a plurality of keys in the same placement as the QWERTY keyboard. The powered communication system further comprises customizable function keys to further reduce finger movement and at least one sensor to monitor a user's health while typing.

Abstract: An apparatus or method to accommodate disability and to improve the efficiency of the movement of the fingers, in order; A) to reduce 1) onset of symptoms of median nerve entrapment or carpal tunnel or repetitive stress syndromes, 2) tactile deficit in fingers, 3) inflammation in the carpal canal, 4) tendon excursion in the carpal canal, 5) finger flexion, 6) loss of nerve sensation, and 7) loss of tactile sensation; and B) to increase 1) therapy of medical and physical recovery and treatment, 2) tactile sensitivity of the fingers, 3) movement of the doral interossei muscles of the hand, 4) movement of the volar interossei palmar muscles of the hand, 5) movement of the lumbrical muscles of fingers, and 6) identification of cancer mass in subcutaneous tissue by palpation by self examination.

Abstract: A method of using devices or compounds which reduce onset of symptoms of median nerve entrapment or carpal tunnel syndrome or repetitive stress syndrome, reduce tactile deficit of fingers, and increase identification of cancer mass in subcutaneous palpation by self examinations, disability accommodation, medical and physical therapy, cancer discovery and prevention, as well as many other applications. This includes improving the efficiency of the movement of the fingers, reducing the inflammation in the carpal canal, reducing the tendon excursion in the carpal canal, reducing finger flexion, reducing loss of nerve sensation, reducing loss of tactile sensation, increasing tactile sensitivity of the fingers, increasing movement of the dorsal interossei muscles of the hand, increasing movement of the volar interossei palmar muscles of the hand, and increasing movement of the lumbrical muscles of fingers.

Abstract: A keyboard arranged for efficiency in learning and in operating. Home keys are assigned according to the frequency of use of the letters. A user can select a new format with eleven or more keys in the same location as the conventional typewriter letter format. The keyboard is suitable for typewriters, personal computer keyboards. Different keyboards can be selected according to the frequency of use of the letters. By concentrating work on the home row, finger extension, flexion, and travel is reduced, allowing increased speed, accuracy and safety. By maintaining the same locations, most of the difficulty in relearning a new keyboard layout can be eliminated.

Abstract: A method of instructing students of all skill levels, ages, language abilities, or physical disabilities, to achieve a psychokinetic touch typing ability on an efficient keyboard wherein the most used letters are located on keys on the home row, by providing steps for the student to locate the most used keys and to practice the keyboard by a combination of free style typing, working the fingers, composing text, saving all the keystrokes, showing all keystrokes, displaying errors, avoiding and preventing mistakes, locking up the keyboard upon a student's error, accounting for and recording the student's errors, displaying and suppressing the graphic representation of the finger placement on keys by a plurality of boxes representing the keys or characters of the keyboard in approximate configuration of the keys of a keyboard, providing practice text, placing the fingers on the keys, naming students, and permitting waiving of records, and reducing the flexion and extension of the fingers.

Abstract: A keyboard arranged for efficiency in learning and in operating. The keyboard arrangement that has the distinct advantage of maximizing the speed and efficiency for either fight one-handed or left one-handed typing while allowing for a smooth and easy transition from the QWERTY keyboard arrangement to the keyboard arrangement A keyboard that increases speed of training of one-handed or two-handed operators by color matching the keys to be reached by a specific finger. A keyboard to allow disabled, arthritic, and/or limited hand use typists, e.g., the disabled with limited finger movement, to increase their speed and use of the computer keyboard, and to reduce body, head, neck, eye, and sensory stress. Hoe keys are assigned according to the frequency of use of the letters. A user can select a new format with thirteen or more keys in the same location as the conventional typewriter letter format The keyboard is suitable for typewriters, personal computer keyboards.

Abstract: A keyboard arranged for efficiency in learning and in operating. Home keys are assigned according to the frequency of use of the letters. A user can select a new format with eleven or more keys in the same location as the conventional typewriter letter format. The keyboard is suitable for typewriters, personal computer keyboards. Different keyboards can be selected according to the frequency of use of the letters. By concentrating work on the home row, finger extension, flexion, and travel is reduced, allowing increased speed, accuracy and safety. By maintaining the same locations, most of the difficulty in relearning a new keyboard layout can be eliminated.

Abstract: A keyboard arranged for efficiency in learning and in operating. Home keys are assigned according to the frequency of use of the letters. A user can select a new format with eleven or more keys in the same location as the conventional typewriter letter format. The keyboard is suitable for typewriters, personal computer keyboards. Different keyboards can be selected according to the frequency of use of the letters. By concentrating work on the home row, finger extension, flexion, and travel is reduced, allowing increased speed, accuracy and safety. By maintaining the same locations, most of the difficulty in relearning a new keyboard layout can be eliminated.