Alternative keyboard layouts

Optikey has support for users who may not have the accuracy, or desire, to use full keyboard layouts. Optikey offers a number of alternative keyboard layouts/styles:

Simplified Keyboard layout

This makes the main alpha (letters) keyboard look as above. You can choose from groups of 3 letters, which then expand to let you type letter by letter. This layout can be enabled from the Management Console:

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Picture boards using CommuniKate

Optikey supports picture boards in the form of CommuniKate boards. Full details are here: https://github.com/Optikey/Optikey/wiki/Support-for-CommuniKate-boards

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Alphabetical keyboard layout

If more traditional keyboard layouts are unsuitable for you then you can use an alphabetical layout. This is enabled in the same way as the above layouts, by selecting "Use alphabetical keyboard layout".

N.B. The above layouts are only available when the Keyboard language in English (UK, US, or Canadian).

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Dynamic keyboards

If these layouts do not suit you it is also possible to design your own custom keyboards called Dynamic Keyboards. Click here for more information.