Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard Alternatives

Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard is described as 'On-Screen Keyboard is a utility that displays a virtual keyboard on the screen and allows users with mobility impairments to type data using a pointing device or joystick' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard for Windows, Linux, Mac, Linux Mobile and PortableApps.com. The best Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard alternative is Free Virtual Keyboard, which is free. Other great apps like Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard are Onboard on-screen keyboard, F Key Sender, Dasher and Hot Virtual Keyboard.

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  1. Ukbd icon
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    Uinput based virtual keyboard library and gtk application.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
     
  2. Florence is an extensible scalable virtual keyboard for GNOME. You need it if you can't use a real hardware keyboard, for example because you are disabled, your keyboard is broken or because you use a tablet PC, but you must be able to use a pointing device (as a mouse, a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. KeyStrokes™ is an award-winning, fully-functional, advanced on-screen keyboard providing people with physical impairments as well as graphic tablet and touch screen users full access to the computer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. VirtualKeyboard is an on-screen keyboard that offers point-and-click typing using pointing devices such as a head pointer, mouse, graphic tablet, trackball, etc. This program is designed primarily for disabled person but it can be used also to teach the children to write, to...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. xvkbd icon
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    xvkbd is a virtual (graphical) keyboard program for X Window System which provides a facility to enter characters onto other clients (software) by clicking on a keyboard displayed on the screen. This may be used for systems without a hardware keyboard such as kiosk terminals or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
     
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