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Accessibility for the blond

Posted by Jane Berliss-Vincent 28 January 2009

Yes, we realize the terminally pink Keyboard for Blondes is basically a joke. But, like, honest, it does have some features that could be turned to accessibility purposes. The keys talk back when you press them, and some of the rewritten key names make more sense than the original (“Backspace” has no relatable real-world meaning; “Oops!” does). And our clients who complain about having too many keys they don’t need would be amused by having the F1-F12 set retitled as “U S E L E S S K E Y S.”

Keyboard for Blondes

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  1. Jim Tobias said,

    on February 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    Hey, that’s “blonde”, not “blond”.

  2. Jane said,

    on February 2nd, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    Not legally.

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