{"id":3264,"date":"2011-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t1264b2|3"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:01:27","slug":"tip-controlling-the-computer-with-head-mouse-and-external-mouse-click-1264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/tip-controlling-the-computer-with-head-mouse-and-external-mouse-click-1264","title":{"rendered":"Controlling the computer with head mouse and external mouse click"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1264_2_kalix1_600.jpg\" alt=\"A computer screen shows an on-screen keyboard, on tops of the screen is a head mouse and on the table there is a switch attached to an angled plastic rail, which holds the switch in an upright position\" width=\"430\" height=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Computer with on-screen keyboard and keyboard control switch on Kalix brace<\/p><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Beskr\">The user types on the computer with a head mouse and on-screen keyboard (see related tip). The mouse click is operated with an external control switch that is attached with adhesive Velcro on an angled brace made of plastic, called a \u201cKalix brace\u201d, which holds a control switch in the upright position. The device is attached to the table with self-adhesive Velcro.<\/p>\n<p>Head mouse model: Trackir, see also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalpoint.com\/trackir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">naturalpoint.com\/trackir<\/a>(last checked April 2020).<\/p>\n<p class=\"bkom\"><strong>Users comments<\/strong><br \/>\nOther head mouse option: Headmouse Nano from Rehab Center, Sweden, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rehabcenter.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rehabcenter.se<\/a> (last checked April 2020).<\/p>\n<p>Software is available that provides auditory feedback for each keystroke, \u2018noisy keybord\u2019, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leeos.com<\/a> (last checked April 2020).<\/p>\n<p class=\"tilv\"><strong>Made by<\/strong><br \/>\nOccupational therapist Talkraft, Rehab Station Stockholm (Kalix brace)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Inkopstallet\"><strong>Purchased from<\/strong><br \/>\nRehab Center, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rehabcenter.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rehabcenter.se<\/a> (control switch), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalpoint.com\/trackir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">naturalpoint.com\/trackir<\/a> (head mouse) (last checked April 2020)<\/p>\n<p class=\"idea\"><strong>Whose idea<\/strong><br \/>\nThe user<\/p>\n<p class=\"rkom\"><strong>Editors comments<\/strong><br \/>\nFor head mouse, see also\u00a0 and <a href=\"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/tip-controlling-the-computer-with-wivik-and-head-mouse-648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spinalistips.se\/en\/tip-controlling-the-computer-with-wivik-and-head-mouse<\/a><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1264_2_kalix2_600.jpg\" alt=\"User presses on control switch attached to Kalix brace\" width=\"534\" height=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">User presses on control switch attached to Kalix brace<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 531px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1264_2_kalix3_600.jpg\" alt=\"Kalix brace with control switch (close-up)\" width=\"521\" height=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalix brace with control switch<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer assistive device for people with impaired hand function who type with a head mouse and manage the mouse contact with an external control switch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[302],"tags":[471],"class_list":["post-3264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-about-use-of-computer-2","tag-authors_v3","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1264_2_kalix1_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}