PAL: an effort efficient portable communication aid and keyboard emulator.
A.L. Swiffin, J.A. Pickering, J.L. Arnott, Allen Newell · Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee) · 1985
A communication aid for the physically handicapped offers the user complete word predictions from a dictionary which is adaptive (modified through use). Implemented on the Epson PX8, the aid is truly portable, and when used as a keyboard emulator up to 60% saving in character selections is possible.