My Windows 7 turned into a "touch screen"

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Published 22nd March 2013 |
Read latest comment - 25th March 2013

I found a cool new way to use my desktop. Because I'm an artist, I have a graphic tablet. The nifty thing is that I have recently installed it onto my desktop that runs Windows 7 Enterprise (64 bit). With the addition of a tool call flicks, I can control my entire PC simply by flicking my pen mouse either up or down. and go backwards and forwards in windows and browser pages flicking my pen from left to right.

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Moving back and forth flicking my pen

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Pressing down and holding my pen mouse gives me my left click options.
I also get an editor that allows me to write what I want typed. (need to work on my handwriting though - recognition isn't all that great atm).

I had a look at Microsoft, and this is what I could find out about Flicks:

There are two types of flicks: navigational (which include drag up, drag down, move back, and move forward) and editing (which include copy, paste, undo, and delete). For example, you can drag up or down on a page, move back or forward in a browser window, or paste an item into a document

Thanks,
Dreamraven
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Completely voice controlled would do it for me, in a StarTrek kind of way.

Computer, find a local plumber, make it so

Unfortunately though I fear it would be as reliable as the voice commands in my car, which has no idea what I'm on about and spends most of her time telling me command not recognised

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Like Siri on the new iPhones and iPads. Would be awesome I think. Perhaps there already is that feature built into Windows, or one you can find on the net? I know you can dictate in Word already, you just have to train your PC to get your voice synchronized with the Computer to help it write accurately.

hmmmm, will research and see what I can find

Thanks,
Dreamraven

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