Slow keys is a feature of computer desktop environments. It is an accessibility feature to aid users who have physical disabilities. Slow keys allows the user to specify the duration for which one must press-and-hold a key before the system accepts the keypress.
Famous quotes containing the words slow and/or keys:
“All-devouring time, envious age,
Nought can escape you, and by slow degrees,
Worn by your teeth, all things will lingering die.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“Bless all useful objects,
the spoons made of bone,
the mattress I cook my dreams upon,
the typewriter that is my church
with an altar of keys always waiting.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)