Tremors cause accidental double clicks and double letters.

My hands shake. So, when I click on something, I often get an undesired double click and often accidentally double letters when I'm typing. Is there a way to slow my PC's response to clicks and keystrokes by A VERY SMALL AMOUNT so as to ignore the second impulse?

I found a way to under Control Panel to add delay, but the shortest delay I can find there is way to long for normal fast typing--I have to pause between correctly repeated letters.

Hi folks

@Newmaven

@Berton

One of these things might be OK -- sort of modern equivalent to the old fashioned IBM selectric keyboard -- no speedup on these -- but needs klunky hands (almost Piano player quality).

https://www.amazon.com/Das-Keyboard-...ct_top?ie=UTF8

I saw on TV recently a severely disabled guy with restricted hand movement (both hands) using one of these with a headband and a sort of thing like a drumstick -- and very successful.

Sometimes "Back to the future" is not as bonkers as it always seems to be. !!!

Cheers
jimbo

Thanks for your suggestions.

I don't quite understand how switching to a laptop would help.

I'm using a mechanical keyboard already. I guess I should investigate the "anti-ghosting" mentioned on the Das Keyboard link.

That won't solve the mouse-click problem, though.

Change the mouse click setting to allow for longer gaps for double clicks.

Newmaven said:

My hands shake. So, when I click on something, I often get an undesired double click and often accidentally double letters when I'm typing. Is there a way to slow my PC's response to clicks and keystrokes by A VERY SMALL AMOUNT so as to ignore the second impulse?

I found a way to under Control Panel to add delay, but the shortest delay I can find there is way to long for normal fast typing--I have to pause between correctly repeated letters.

I seem to have found a way to do exactly what you want. It's a little bit involved and needs some caution, though.

Assuming you are talking about the "Bounce Key" function in Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard > Use Filter Keys, it is possible to change (further reduce) its value "BounceTime" with Windows' Registry Editor under your user account's key: "Keyboard Response". The "BounceTime" value is given in milliseconds and should be 300, if you picked the smallest option in the Settings user interface (0.3 seconds) and can be modified to 100 (for example). Of course you'd have test to find the proper value that balances between your tremors and your fast typing needs.

Unfortunately it's a bit tricky and I can't even explain exactly how it's done, because I would need to know your user account's ID in the registry to give you detailed easy to follow instructions. But generally the registry key can be found here:
Computer\HKEY_USERS\[YOUR USER ACCOUNT SID]\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response
Tricky part is finding your user account SID - you can follow step 4 of this tutorial to get the correct SID: Change Name of User Profile Folder in Windows 10

Another tricky thing is that Windows Settings seems to like to revert the "BounceTime" back to 300, whenever you change any "Use Filter Key" settings in the normal user interface. So, maybe be prepared to repeat the process a few times until everything is set. Also, after "BounceTime" has been changed manually in the registry, it seems to be necessary to sign out of your account and back in for the change to take effect.