What is a Programmable Keyboard?
A programmable keyboard is a keyboard which can be configured to perform a variety of custom commands with the use of hot keys. Many keyboards have some degree of programmability, allowing users to set up several hot keys which can be used to access frequently used applications, but other keyboards have been specifically designed for programmable functions, with a range of potential configurations. Typically, a programmable keyboard is managed with a computer utility which can be used to record the desired commands. A very basic programmable keyboard might have a row of buttons along a margin of the keypad which can be used to access favorite programs with one click. For example, the user might link the first button to an email program, another to a web browser, and another to a word processing program, allowing for quick access to these frequently-used programs. The keyboard may also have hot keys which can be used to magnify or reduce the size of an image on the screen, or to put the
