Keyboard Maestro – Automation Supercharged

Keyboard Maestro sat unused on my Mac for ages after I read an article about it. On opening it seemed like more fuss than use – a geeks time squanderer.
Then academic work with other research and writing gave me a series of frequently used apps and workflows that started to make life busy. As work pressure built, time became scarce and increasingly valuable. The truth dawned – working smarter wasn’t just a cool thought, it had become a pressing necessity.

Keyboard shortcuts – enter KeyCue

It’s useful to have a starting point when looking at Assistive Technologies (AT). We will work initially using two assumptions. Let’s consider as a baseline users with limited use of their hands, certainly those with little finger dexterity remaining. They can press a key, but typing is best performed using their eye-tracker and on-screen keyboard (Optikey or Click2Speak).

I’m waiting for my eyetribe™ tracker to arrive with its associated software, so for the moment I will deal with AT software components rather than workflows. A working knowledge of various apps capabilities brings a lightbulb moment when we realise how we might use them within our unique situation.