As a specialist keyboard manufacturer we were delighted to be selected following a successful tender to supply 350 keyboards from our range to a customer in Turkey. The order was made up as follows:

• 70 Single Left hand
• 70 Single Right hand
• 70 Finger or Head/Mouth Stick with key guard
• 70 dual hand with key guard
• 70 Expanded keyboards

Our Customer in Turkey gave us this information:

"Name of the project is “Supply of Equipment for Strengthening Special Education” and is 75% funded by the EU. The main beneficiary is the Ministry of Education and products will be distributed to 10 different schools in different cities. In this project, approximately 30 different types of items will be supplied, such us Braille Embossers, Adapted scissors , FM Hearing System etc., and they will serve people who are blind, visually impaired, illiterate or have learning difficulties.

Regarding the selection of keyboards, the main criteria following technical specifications are:

• Appropriate for people with motor difficulties, visual, physical and learning disabilities in order to facilitate their typing activities.

• The keyboards will be designed to reduce strains, movements, twists and tensions and thus reduce the pain and effort of typing.

• Each set of keyboards will include at least 5 items of different size, architecture and buttons appropriate for use by children within the age group of 5 through 14 years.

• All keyboards will have Turkish alphabet on the keys.

The order was completed on time (and to budget!) and positions Maltron as a major player in the global ergonomic keyboard market. If you would like more information about our range of ergonomic keyboards, please don't hesitate to contact us - we are here to help!