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On-screen keyboards

An overview of on-screen keyboards in Linux

Introduction

Some people have a physical condition that means they find using a keyboard difficult. Many of them, however, may be able to use a mouse or mouse equivalent.

These people may find using an on-screen keyboard the best way to input information. An on-screen keyboard looks just like a picture of a keyboard on the screen.

Letters can be selected from the keyboard using a mouse, a single switch, or a joystick that is plugged into the serial, parallel or game port of the computer.

This section shows you how to start the on-screen keyboard in Gnome, please select the following link for more:

Using the on-screen keyboard in Gnome

 

Please note: Currently there is not on-screen keyboard available for KDE.

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