Sixteen-year-old Natalie Nash used an algorithm to find the optimal keyboard layout for severely disabled users.
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A high school student wins first prize from ACM for developing a faster keyboard layout.
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Anonymous
December 20, 2011 04:04
I work with students who use AAC. How can one get hold of a copy of the layout?
CACM Administrator
December 21, 2011 08:42
FYI. The keyboard layout is not currently commercially available.
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