a cure for cat-typing

Our three cats like to help out with computer tasks. I've mentioned before that Sapphire in particular likes to walk across the keyboard or lay down on top of it. You may have seen some of her typing in the posts on this site. They are the ones with the misspelled words.

Now one of Tricia's friends has come to our rescue by recommending Pawsense, software you can install on your computer that recognizes "cat typing" and shuts off input from the keyboard. It can also be set to make a sound offensive to felines whenever it senses a cat on the keyboard.

Posted by Bill Hopkins on January 10, 2004 11:03 PM
Comments

I wonder if it fdcv k,l ,.fdsk;sdv,?

Posted by: Joel at January 13, 2004 10:54 AM

I wonder if it works on toddlers (the human variety), too? My 1 1/2 year old daughter likes to do "email," and it would be nice to have the computer yell at her (or make other suitable noise offensive to toddlers) when I happen to not be around to do it myself.

Posted by: Kathy at January 13, 2004 11:42 AM

My cat's typing skills have just cost us $80; we had to replace a laptop keyboard because of his hefty touch.

Posted by: Leslie at January 13, 2004 07:33 PM

It works with baby humans too. But the instructions in the FAQ suggest turning off the sound effects lest you instill a fear of the keyboard in your child.

Posted by: bill at January 13, 2004 10:17 PM

I just let mine post when I am busy!! theirs are the posts with all the jokes in them...mine are the fine intuitive entries.

Posted by: Mary Lou at January 16, 2004 02:30 AM