From: Craig on
Haven't tried this but if you know of someone needing a virtual
keyboard, this one gets good reviews from users.

> 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 trackball, or a touchscreen); If you can't use a pointing
> device, there is gok, which can be used with just simple switches.
>
> Florence stays out of your way when you don't need it: it appears on
> the screen only when you need it. A Timer-based auto-click
> functionality is available to help disabled people having
> difficulties to click.
>
> Florence is primarily intended to be used with the GNOME desktop,
> although it can be used on any desktop environment.

<http://florence.sourceforge.net/english.html>

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-Craig