The function ‘rebound keys’ arrives to facilitate writing to people with tremors

Google improves the experience of use of the keyboard on Chromeos computers with the function of rebound keys, which aims to prevent people with tremors in their hands from writing unwanted characters due to involuntary pulsations.

Chromeos M133 is now available on the stable distribution channel, so that it can be gradually implemented in the compatible users compatible with this update.

Introduce several novelties, such as an improved welcome view, which is shown immediately after configuring the computer for the first time, and support for 50 languages ​​in the Screencast screen sharing function.

Chromeos M133 also introduces the rebound keys accessibility function, which is designed so that people with tremors in the hands or with limited skill can have a better experience with the keyboard.

“It works by ignoring the repeated key pulsations in a short time interval,” explains Google the aid page for Chromebook. With this function, it prevents people from writing characters that they did not want due to the pulsation of keys involuntarily.

It is also a customizable characteristic, which can adapt to the particular needs of each user.

The update also introduces a switch to control the super resolution of the microphone connected to Bluetooth.