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nohandcom on PDA and PDA-Phones        

With nohandcom for PDA/PDA-Phones comes a new version of our accessibility solution for mobile devices. Needing only a single switch as an input device, nohandcom gives unlimited access to all the features of these exciting platforms: Phone, SMS, MMS, Email, Internet, Writing, Reading, Multimedia, Agenda and much more.
nohandcom on PDA/PDA-Phones offers the following input methods:

• Emulation of all hardware buttons
• Different scanning views (overview, single etc.)
• Mouse cursor: fully replaces the stylus
• Crosshairs: fast alternative for the mouse cursor
• Keyboard scanning: text input
• Native Scanning: text input through the SIP (Software Input Panel)
• Supports any SIP keyboard: word prediction and symbols in any language available!
• Configuration "on the fly"
• No extra speaker needed
• Supports landscape mode (comes in handy when using it as a communicator)

The Crosshairs: fastest single switch input method
With Crosshairs, there comes an effective, fast and simple input method to PDAs. It gives the possibilty to make a touchscreen input at any coordinate with only three clicks - an efficiency that even most Desktop PC mouse input emulators don't achieve.
A first click starts a horizontal line that moves downwards across the screen. A second click starts the vertical line. A third click makes a touchscreen input at the point of the intersection - done! With it comes an easy and intuitive interface that allows the user to switch fast between stylus input and text input mode. With these two alone, 95% of all input can be handled.

nohandcom on PDA/PDA-Phones as a communicator replacement
For those needing augmentive communication (ALS, Locked-In, CP etc) in addition to being physically unable to handle a phone, there is the possibilty to combine nohandcom with any of the already available augmentive communication systems that run on PDAs.
Many communicators have the disadvantage that they can "only" be used for communication. For those not going to school, communicaion situations arise only during a small fracture of the day. During the rest, the communicator is a mostly unused burden that needs to be carried around. Not so if it comes as a combination of a PDA with augmentive communication facilities: the device can be used in many ways apart from communication: "Offline" communication (SMS, MMS, Email), gaming, reading, Internet and much more. "Empty" time -of which there is sadly an abundance for those suffering from severe disabilities- can so be used in an independent way: productivity, creativity and recreation.

Recommended devices
nohandcom is a software based accessibility solution that runs on many devices. A list of all supported devices can be seen at www.nohandcom.com/devices.html. From this list, we recommend the following devices that don't need an additional active component (Bluetooth adapter) and are therefore easier to install and maintain.

• Qtek2020, MDA II, XDA II, M1000, iMate PDA, Vodafone VPA II
• Qtek9090, MDA III, XDA III, M2000, iMate PDA2K, e-plus PDA III, Vodaphone VPA III (all with landscape capability and WLAN)
  

Screenshots of nohandcom on PDA:

Crosshairs during scanning process

Mouse cursor and overviev of mouse input

Writing with crosshairs and word prediction

Writing with custom keyboard

Landscape mode with mouse actions

Configuration tool "nohandConfig". Left "Easy Config" that provides configuration with a single click.