Customizing (or making my own) Accessibility Keyboard

I worryI am trying to make or customize my mac Accessibility Keyboard to replicate my assistiveware.com Keystrokes Accessibility keyboard since they are no longer making the assistiveware.com Keystrokes On screen keyboard compatible with newer operating systems.

I know that it is possible to make one, I have been able to do a little, (very little) using the "panel editor".

Ideally I would like to find a YouTube video with someone showing me their Desktop while talking and explaining how to customize Panels Editor or Assistive Keyboard.

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I am a quadriplegic so I cannot use my arms and hands to use a keyboard.

May 21, 2019 I went from Mavericks 10.9.5 OS to Mojave 10.14.5 and it has not been too much trouble so far.

I have been using assistiveware.com Keystrokes Accessibility keyboard since 2006 but now since Apple has come out with this new Accessibility Keyboard (which seems nice so far) assistiveware.com is not going to be updating their Keystrokes on-screen keyboard to be compatible with 64-bit operating systems.

I'm sure there are other ways to get these things done like using Dictation but I would like to have my Accessibility Keyboard as close to my Keystrokes on-screen keyboard as possible.

If anybody has any advice or places to point me like a YouTube video I would appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

Sean

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 7, 2019 4:21 PM

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ak1956

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Posted on Jun 9, 2019 6:18 AM

It is possible to send a file with the layout and you could import it to your system. The one I have is not complete, so it would still require some work, but if you would like to have it as a starting point let me know.

If you want to start a to create a keyboard yourself I have put a video on you tube here: https://youtu.be/MoFOEGXWK78

I think it would be good to learn how to make the changes as you can then create the keyboard you want, and change it as you wish.

(Reminds me of the proverb "give a person a fish and they can eat for a day, teach them to catch fish and they can eat for a lifetime")

I am not sure the best and safest way to send the file. If you are happy to send me your email then use this address: akat1329@icloud.com - this is a temporary address which I will remove once I hear from you.

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