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Specialized Keyboards by FrogPad and Edmund Scientifics

Edmund Scientifics, strategic partner of FrogPad, the leader in special, science-related products for educators and science lovers, announce the launch of the unique one-handed keyboard for the scientific community. Once again, this places FrogPad data entry new standard.

The FrogPad keyboard is easier to use than a standard keyboard because it is one-handed as most our activities are, and it has been designed around the 15 most frequently used letters by all languages using the Roman alphabet. The DeMarque typing tutorial for the FrogPad keyboard features `Friendly Froggie` to train users to type very efficiently with one hand. The On-line tutorial is available in English, and will soon be in French, German and Spanish. Additionally, an enabling technology of the keyboard is an 8-bit microcontroller from Freescale Semiconductor which provides a cost-effective solution for maximizing the keyboard`s battery life.

This further places FrogPad as a new standard for data entry! FrogPad, an innovator in data entry technologies for mobile computing, has been capturing the hearts, minds and digits of the growing corporate technology market with the introduction of 4 new and original one-handed keyboards since 2003. Now FrogPad is launching the first specialized online tutorial created by DeMarque, the renowned creator of E-Learning typing tutorials for corporate settings and for grades K-12 in the US and Canada.