SteadyKey

SteadyKey: Project Overview Version: 1.0 Developer: James W. Schulze Jr. (Amish Jim) Purpose: An accessibility utility designed to stabilize typing for users with motor-skill lag or post-concussion "double-capitalization" quirks. 1. Core Functions Double-Cap Fix: Detects words starting with two uppercase letters (e.g., THis) and corrects the second letter to lowercase (This). It intelligently ignores acronyms like NFL or MLB. Double-Space Fix: Detects accidental double-taps of the spacebar and reduces them to a single space. Tone Protection: Unlike grammar checkers, this tool does not change vocabulary, dialect, or sentence structure. It only fixes physical typing errors. 2. How It Works (The Technical Flow) The extension uses a Content Script (content.js) that injects itself into every webpage. Event Listener: It waits for the user to press the Spacebar. The Delay: It waits 10 milliseconds to allow the browser to render the character. Regex Filtering: It uses Regular Expressions to scan the active text node. DOM Injection: It replaces the text node with the fixed string while attempting to preserve the cursor position (Caret). 3. Current Compatibility Facebook: Fully functional. Successfully bypasses Facebook's complex text editors. General Web Forms: Functional on most standard input fields. Google Search/Docs: Currently limited due to proprietary rendering engines. (Potential Phase 2 Goal). 4. Future Roadmap Add a "Settings" popup to toggle features on/off. Implement a "Transposed Letter" fix (e.g., teh -> the). Research "Shadow DOM" penetration for better Google Search compatibility.