[Ham-Mac] Want USB Output Keyer Info.

[David Allred]

Greetings:

I'm looking for something different: a device for iambic input to USB  
output.

Recently, a friend has had surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome.  
Although there are many disability solutions available, I would like  
to help him use his ability to send code (he's a Ham and uses both  
iambic and straight keys) instead of a keyboard for his Mac, during  
his recovery.

That's why I would like to have your help finding a device for iambic  
input and USB output.

As far as I can tell, no device exists that will allow you to type on  
a computer with an iambic key.

There are plenty of solutions that go the other way: computer or  
keyboard to Morse. I think I saved a link for everything available,  
hardware and software, when I was looking for something I could use  
for Morse by keyboard. (I've been using an MFJ-495 for keyboard to  
Morse. No USB input, but that rant is unrelated to the current need.)

Of course there are many ways to create a work-around. Plenty of  
computer programs can take contact closure or audio input and present  
text on screen. That text could then be copied and pasted into an  
email or other document, instead of typing. That's ok, and I can put  
together something useful built out of programs, routines, and glue,  
but it isn't a single box solution.

So it comes down to this:

   • I would like to find a device that has iambic input and a USB  
output.

   • Do you know of such a device?

If you wish, you may reply to me directly by email or use the contact  
form at my Radio Webpage:

   <http://radio.photoninc.com/>

Thanks,
David
N1VU

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