Windows offered a built-in Accessibility tool, the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK), as an alternative to physical keyboards. The OSK could be accessed through Settings on both Windows 10 and Windows 11.

It's easy to enable voice typing on your Gboard app so that the virtual keyboard can type for you automatically.

You can connect a wireless keyboard to a Mac or PC using Bluetooth, as long as the keyboard is charged and in pairing mode.

Shortcuts, small external keyboards and even improved (and free) dictation software can make long sessions of text input much simpler. By J. D. Biersdorfer J. D. Biersdorfer is the Tech Tip columnist ...