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DESCRIPTION
VirtualKeyboard is an on-screen keyboard that offers point-and-click typing using pointing devices such as a head pointer, mouse, graphic tablet, trackball, etc. This program is designed primarily for disabled person but it can be used also to teach the children to write, to prepare kiosk environments, etc.

To use VirtualKeyboard simply click on the keys of the on-screen keyboard and each keypress will be sent to the active application. It works seamlessly with all standard Mac applications allowing you to type virtually anywhere a hardware keyboard can be used. As with a real keyboard, to get uppercase characters you click Shift first, or to type in all uppercase, click Lock. Similarly, it handles command-key combinations, dead-keys, and modifier key - click combinations.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.7.1:
  • Fixes a bug in the "Labels window.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Corallo Software
Downloads:14,729
  - Version d/l:1,338
Utilities:System
License:Shareware
Date:24 Aug 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$19.95
RATING
***½.
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VirtualKeyboard User Reviews (5 posts)Write A Review
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Nov 11 2004

MAGNUS NäSMARK  Why pay $12 for functionality that is already on your computer? Enable the International menu in the top bar and then select Keyboard Viewer. Press the maximize button if you find it too small. Voila! You just saved $12!  
(Version 2.3.6)

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Apr 25 2005

VINCENZO  Have you tried to write a capital letter with that on-screen keyboard? Or the letter "@"? These are only some of the very remarkable differences between VirtualKeyboard and the Apple utility ("Label" function, transparent keyboard, "Click and Hold Mouse Button to Access Contextual Menu In Finder" feature, audio feedback, etc.). These functions are worth 12 dollars? You try VirtualKeyboard and then will decide ... :-) Best regards. Vincenzo Corallo - Corallo Software  
(Version 2.4)

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Nov 21 2007

TICE  Uhm, it's a free feature so why pay 12 bucks for it??

http://blog.tice.de/a_software/download.php?download=KeyboardViewer  
(Version 3.1.1)

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Aug 21 2008
**...

VEGGIEDUDE  I like the functionality - it really does act/behave like a real keyboard, with a few extra features thrown in, such as a text field to type in and to speak back that text. Would be nice if if could act like a drawer to pop in and out whenever it got a mouse-over.

However, I do not like the aesthetics - enough so to hold me back from buying the app. I hope the user interface will become more improved, maybe give it a photo realistic look, right now it looks very 2-D, and the arrows look like they were doodled in by a pre-schooler. The app looks like something out of from System 6. And the red "X" to minimize the the app is not Mac-like at all, and when it does minimize it looks as hoky as the Icon down in the dock. I hope these things will become addressed, because underneath it all I think the programing is good. To sum up, it needs to be more Mac like.  
(Version 3.5)

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Jul 21 2005
***½.

ANONYMOUS  This program does provide some features not found in Apple's built-in keyboard. My only complaint is that every time an upgrade comes out for VK, my old serial number no longer works. I then have to write to the developer and ask for one that works. And with this latest version, I never received a reply back.   
(Version 2.4.5)

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Jan 23 2006

VINCENZO  Hi. I am sorry, I always try to answer to e-mail ... If you contact me I will solve your problem. Best regards. Vincenzo Corallo. Corallo Software  
(Version 2.4.6)

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Jul 18 2003
*****

DAVIDLASKA  its the next best thing to a wireless keyboard for computing from the couch. And the price is cheaper than a wirless. I know this is for the handicaped, but sometimes reaching for a keybaord disrupts my relaxed state or seems like a big deal. I used to use keystrokes until the price got so high that I dropped out. From zero to a few hundred dollars. A second moniter is a ideal setup.  
(Version 2.0)

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