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KeyWorx Buzz
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Forbes on KeyWorx
"At Last: Now You Can Control Your Computer With Your Feet"
"SoftStep KeyWorx is only absurd until you think about it. After all, how ridiculous is it that computer users actually have to take their hands off the keyboard — and stop working — to move a mouse or scroll up and down using Apple’s Magic Trackpad? How magic is that?"
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PC Magazine on KeyWorx
"KMI Launches Computer Keyboard- For Your Feet" - PC Magazine.
"Although the idea behind the keypad seems whimsical (could tap dancers or Irish dancers have an advantage?) the keypad was designed as an adjunct for the traditional PC keyboard, facilitating the use of the PC by the disabled."
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CNET News on KeyWorx
"SoftStep KeyWorx Controller: Hands-Free Computing"
"Afraid that the excessive use of the mouse and keyboard will someday make you suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome? Maybe you should let your feet take over some of the job. And Keith McMillen Instruments (KMI) has something that enables you to do exactly that."
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Gizmodo on KeyWorx
Your feet may replace your mouth as the easiest way to compose an email when your hands are busy doing something else.
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The Register on KeyWorx
"Programmers urged to code with their tootsies... 'Feets, don't fail me now!'"
"Keith McMillen Instruments of Berkeley, California, has released the SoftStep KeyWorx, a USB foot-operated input device that combines the company's SoftStep USB/MIDI foot controller – a musician's stomp-pad – with KeyWorx software to, as the company's marketing blurb explains, "Get your feet in the game".
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Boston Globe on KeyWorx (in print!)
A new substitute for the keyboard and mouse promises to get desk jockeys working their feet and toes instead of letting them go numb during hours bent over the computer.
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Jane Berliss-Vincent, Center for Accessible Technology on the Ed Roberts Campus
"SoftStep KeyWorx is a revolutionary new access tool for people with disabilities. It's amazing breadth of customizability makes it useful for people with a wide range of computing needs, from simple Internet access to complex engineering design."
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Dice.com on KeyWorx
"Use Your Feet to Give Your Hands a Break...
KMI’s KeyWorx Lets You Use Your Feet for Computer Input."
