On-screen keyboard with autocomplete capabilities, gesture support, programmable keys and a highly customizable user interface.
Working on a Windows computer with a touchscreen has its pros and cons. An annoying aspect is that you always need to carry around a keyboard and connect it to your PC to write text. A nice solution comes from Hot Virtual Keyboard, a program that provides you with a quick and simple way to type on your computer.
This utility puts a virtual keyboard on your desktop and all you need to do is to tap the keys you need. You can choose between a multitude of keyboard themes, customize their appearance according to your needs, make the main window opaque, enables sound effects for the keys, and so much more.
The program is quite simple to configure. Still, you have access to an integrated help manual that provides you with all the information you could possibly need. This guide comes in handy if you're new to this type of Windows tools.
Still, I don't think it's worth purchasing this program if you don't plan on using it often. You can use Windows' default onscreen keyboard which isn't feature-rich but gets the job done.
Hence, it's up to you to decide, based on your needs, if it's worth buying Hot Virtual Keyboard for your PC or not. The program works great, is very simple to handle, and provides you with many keyboard themes.
v9.1.1 [May 13, 2019]
- New: Japanese interface language has been added. Almost all user interface languages have been improved.
- New action "Activate the next keyboard shortcuts file" has been added.
- New: The Ctrl Backspace hotkey has been added to the Text Suggestion window, which allows you to delete the last added word.
- New: An additional key automatically appears next to the left Shift key for the on-screen keyboard, if the additional key is present in the language layout. The extra keyboard files have been removed.
- New: Additional keys now appear next to the space bar for Korean and Japanese.
- New: The right Shift key now displays a special label for the Chinese layout.
- New: The necessity of double clicking for the right Shift key has been removed for the Chinese layout.
- New: Turning on the Caps Lock with the right Shift key has been removed for the Chinese layout.
- New expert settings have been added:
- Hold down the key when it's double-clicked
- Show enlarged icons on the on-screen keyboard, if possible
- Hide the keyboard when this device is found
- Move the mouse after clicking the floating icon
- Improved: Expert settings have been divided into groups.
- Improved: Support for English dictionaries and text templates has been added to Korean, Chinese and Japanese.
- Improved: The label on the Enter key is now different when Chinese Simplified is active.
- Improved: The function of displaying hieroglyphs next to the Latin letters on the on-screen keyboard has been improved.
- Improved: For console applications, the on-screen keyboard now always appears if the "Show the keyboard when the text cursor is visible" option is set.
- Improved: The launch of the program has been accelerated.
- Improved: The label on the AltGr key now depends on the input language.
- Improved: Detection of the Web site icon for the "Open URL" action has been improved.
- Improved: The sorting of actions in the Keyboard Shortcuts Settings window and in the popup menu in the system tray have been changed.
- Improved: When you switch the on-screen keyboard, its location does not change.
- Improved: The "Keyboard Shortcuts Settings" window now scales the on-screen keyboard when necessary.
- Improved: A wider border for the keys is drawn if the screen scale exceeds 200%.
- Improved: An additional check has been added that prohibits the launch of multiple instances of the program.
- Improved: The ability to create a new keyboard or delete a keyboard has been added to the keyboard selection window.
- Improved: Compatibility with Kioware and SiteKiosk has been improved.
- Fixed: The close icon and the settings icon were incorrectly displayed on the letter keys of the on-screen keyboard.
- Fixed: If the AccessDenied option is activated, the settings key and the close key on the on-screen keyboard are now hidden.
- Fixed: After adding a new keyboard, it now appears in the list of keyboards for selection.
- Fixed: Now the context menu does not appear for the floating icon and the floating window if the AccessDenied option is activated.
- Fixed issues when typing in Windows 10 using a stylus.
- Fixed: Unicode text is now supported when using the tag.
- Fixed: The touchscreen is now detected, even if the system only has single-touch touchscreen.
- Fixed: Some issues with the Text Suggestions window have been fixed.
- Lots of other fixes and improvements.
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