tracker ball mouse

[Doug Carpenter]

I had planned to post this last week, but when I logged on I was confronted by the tragic news of Barry’s death. So anything else seemed completely trivial.

I haven’t posted very much in recent months because failing fingers make typing on my laptop and mobile phone increasingly difficult. The computer people in the assistive technology group gave me an oversize keyboard which partly improved things but there remained the problem of the mouse.

Last week two very bright people from the same group brought several mice for me to try, and have fitted me up with a Logitech M570 tracker-ball mouse. This is an enormous help. It is quite large and fits under your whole hand, but it does not need to be moved around, which is a great help for my weak wrist. Cursor movement is controlled not by moving the mouse, but by moving the tracker-ball with my thumb. There is a scroll wheel between two large left and right click buttons. Overall, it makes the best use of the three remaining mobile digits on my right hand.

I’ve arranged for an Eye-gaze demonstration in about a month’s time.

Small steps ...

Doug

[matthew55]

That's what mr Armstrong said. If it's good enough for them....... 👍😍😁😄xx

[Ellie]

Great to hear, Doug! Can you manage the left and right click buttons OK? xx

[Doug Carpenter]

Yes, Ellie. Just need to slow the cursor down a bit. The ball is a bit fast. Xx

[Lynne K]

Sounds good Doug and I know what your talking about the fast moving curser. I hope that practicing sorts it out.

Please let us know how you get on with your eye gaze demonstration. Love Lynne x

[Ellie]

Doug Carpenter Doug, you can change the tracker ball sensitivity through the Logitech software (settings) If that's too tricky and you have nobody there to do it for you, the next best is to go into your PC settings, the cogwheel icon, type 'Cursor Speed' into the search box and you'll see a slider for Cursor Speed. Play around with slowing it down until you find a suitable speed.

Any problems, let me know.

Love Ellie.

[Ellie]

I know what your talking about the fast moving curser.

Lynne, the iPad also has a slider to slow down the cursor: Settings -> General -> Trackpad & Mouse. xx

[Doug Carpenter]

Many thanks Ellie!
Will do

Doug xx

[Lynne K]

Lynne, the iPad also has a slider to slow down the cursor: Settings -> General -> Trackpad & Mouse. xx

Thanks Ellie. Your knowledge astounds me, love Lynne xx

[Beemer]

I also was loaned a tracker ball unit, this one is called a N-ABLER from Barnsley hospital, it looks old but functional. It is about 5 x 10 inch, by 2 inch thick with a roller ball snooker ball size which is tiring on the index finger, there is a big recessed button for right clicking which I do with my left index.
I use an on screen keyboard to type but I try to keep short what I say.

[Doug Carpenter]

cursor slowed to manageable speed.

thanks for help

Doug

[Ellie]

Doug Carpenter De rien, chérie 😘

[Lynne K]

That’s good Doug, Lynne x

[Doug Carpenter]

Merci, ma petite chou!
xx

[matthew55]

Keep on Tracking Rubber Duck 10 4 Good Buddy! 🤣🤗😆😎xx