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Blind, partially sighted, and arthritic folks can all benefit from physical keyboards. Blind and partially sighted might be a smaller niche, but older folks with arthritic hands are a huge population. It's hard to be exact on a virtual keyboard when your eyes and fingers don't work the same as younger, able-bodied person.



Does "they can all benefit" mean "I think they would benefit" or does it mean "they have actually been demanding this due to the benefit"?


No, they benefit from the the magnifying glass feature, VoiceOver, and the ability to do voice to text input


but one could also make the argument that a tiny, cramped, physical QWERTY keyboard is not going to be of benefit to elderly users with arthritis?




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