If it is a full-sized standard window, then it will be maximized and resized above the keyboard. Without this feature, the user would have difficulty entering text in some dialog boxes. The scanning patterns for existing or newly created keyboards can be altered to suit the user's preferences or the situation. AHF has filed a patent application on what might be the most significant advance in assisted keyboard entry since word prediction. Then, the keyboard is updated to help identify those keys that are most likely.
Various options are available.
In one mode, unlikely keys are removed from the keyboard. In another mode, the color of unlikely keys is changed and they remain active. Smart Key technology can be useful to almost anyone using on-screen keyboards, but the greatest advantage is likely to be for persons using scanning keyboards because only the likely keys get scanned. Condition 2 comprised 16 non-disabled subjects who used an alphabetic keyboard. In addition to a discussion of the Smart Keys research findings, other new products from AHF will be announced and demonstrated at the 2001 CSUN Conference.