from businessweek.com, March 7, 2010:
Microsoft Showcases Assistive Technology for Seniors
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Ethel W., 81, has failing vision and uses BigKeys, a keyboard featuring one-inch keys. She found the standard QWERTY keyboard too confusing, so Microsoft brought her an enlarged ABC keyboard, which she finds more logical and easier to see.
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"I'm amazed at the technology," Ethel says. "It has totally changed my life."