DataHand Testimonial Reports from Managers, Workers, and Others at Corporations Where the DataHand Keyboard is in Use—
Excerpts from the Statements of Corporate Executives, Information Systems Workers, Computer Programmers, Production Line Operators, and Labor Union Executives:
"With the DataHand system, we have brought a number of employees back from disability."
—David Stoff, Industrial Engineer and Gene Sydor, Manager, U.S. Postal Service, Rochester, NY
"One of the best moves the USPS has made."
ŅAnn Field, SPBS Operator, U.S. Postal Service
"I haven't found a downside yet. Products like [the] DataHand [keyboard] could eliminate hours of lost work by employees suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome."
—Renee Breeden, Executive Vice President, Phoenix APWU
"The DataHand [keyboard] saves time and is easier on the wrists.... The cost of installing [the] DataHand [keyboard] would be [paid back from the] savings on a single case of carpal tunnel syndrome."
—Dave Delatoso, FSM Manager at Rio Solado, Arizona interviewed for a April '96 article in Government Computer News.
"For any good postal employee who has been keying for years...knowing sometime down the road they will develop carpal tunnel...how could they not use it?"
—Peggy Rector, SPBS Operator, USPS Rochester, NY
"We have been extremely pleased with the results [the] DataHand [keyboard] has produced. Thus far, we've saved a tremendous amount of money, over $100,000 on workers compensation avoidance. We've put productive employees back to work and our safety record is impeccable.... Operator acceptance of [the] DataHand [keyboard] has been phenomenal."
—Tim Browder, Sara Lee Corporation's Director of Customer Support
"I can state unequivocally...the DataHand keyboard has enabled me to remain at work and avoid disability leave."
—John Parodi, Technical Writer, Digital Equipment Corporation
"We have been able to convert our operators to [the] DataHand [keyboard], and they have been able to stay on their job and continue to work. We have numerous cases...where Sara Lee operators have been on the DataHand [keyboard] for well over a year with no problem at all.... If all of us here at Sara Lee Direct converted over to [the] DataHand [system] we would completely eliminate [keyboard-related] cumulative trauma disorder."
—Nolan Grant, Sara Lee Corporation's Human Resources Manager
To read more testimonial reports and evaluations, from both corporate managers and individual users, including more information about each person's story and point of view,
to download the full report of DataHand User Testimonials and On-the-Job Evaluations. This report of DataHand user opinion includes both statements sent to the company and views posted for at various public comment sites on the Internet. Also, included is a summary of DataHand history.
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