If you want an armrest rather than a sling, even though my tests show that the sling
is the least stressful device of all if used right, sew together a couple of
small, firm pillows and sew a cloth-covered foam wedge under this to tilt your
forearm down from your side to the keyboard. Your elbow rests on your side or
at least the front of your side. One of the firm pillows overlaps the elbow of
the arm of the side you're lying on. This helps to keep your wrist from attempting
to roll sideways. You should just be able to see the space bar and keys as
you type—the top pillow blocks your view of anything closer to you than the space
bar.
If you don't mind doing everything with one hand, you can type
with either a LittleFingers keyboard or a normal keyboard and let it go at that. But my experiments tell me that you'll
be faster and happier with the following: a LittleFingers keyboard and a Comfort Keyboard. You'll need only the numeric keypad section, but this will need remapping. Happily,
as far as I can tell, no other keyboard on the planet remaps more effectively
than a Comfort Keyboard, because it has the remapping abilities programmed
right in.
You'll need to make this Comfort Keyboard section into a stilt,
as you'll use it upside down. There's no need to be put off by this—you'll
get to consult a remapped keyboard chart in front of you anytime you wish, and
after a few weeks you won't need it. Ironically, even though you're used to hunt-and-peck
operations, you'll need to learn touch typing on the stilt, but not
on the LittleFingers keyboard.
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