Alcon Labs adds My-T-Soft Onscreen Keyboard utilities to its Ireland facilities
written October 15, 2013 by Jerry Hussong
Category: PR Tags: Alcon Labs, My-T-Soft #42
PASO ROBLES, CA. October 15th, 2013 -- IMG, the primary supplier of onscreen keyboards and user interface designer tools worldwide, announced today that it has delivered its My-T-Soft® Onscreen Keyboard utilities to Alcon Ireland. Alcon's Ireland facilities are the latest Alcon location to use IMG's software in its plants and labs.
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform onscreen keyboard and user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware and software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled operator / user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system, for best performance, reliability, and security, on any automation, industrial, kiosk, military, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touchscreen based system or embedded in applications supporting those devices.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, public safety, ruggedized, utility, voting, warehousing, whiteboard, or other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft Family provides support for Windows CE thru 8.1 (including XP/7 Embedded), Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android in development. A thin client server version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft Terminal Server. Custom onscreen user layouts can be designed with IMG's Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world. Visit www.imgpresents.com
About Alcon
Alcon is helping people see the world better through advanced surgical, pharmaceutical and vision care products. We serve eye care professionals and their patients in more than 180 countries, reaching 90% of the globe, to help millions of people see the world better with clarity, color and beauty. At Alcon, we enhance sight to enhance life. Visit www.alcon.com
Southwire enhances its Terminal Server user interface with My-T-Soft
written September 15, 2013 by Jerry Hussong
Category: PR Tags: Southwire Company, My-T-Soft Terminal Server #41
PASO ROBLES, CA. September 15th, 2013 -- IMG, the primary supplier of onscreen keyboards and user interface designer tools worldwide, announced today that it has delivered a Global Enterprise of its My-T-Soft® Terminal Server software to Southwire Company. Southwire is North America's leading manufacturer of wire and cable used in the distribution transmission of electricity.
The Southwire Enterprise Software sale is just the latest in over 19 years of successful OEM co-operative partner sales projects for IMG. On this project, IMG worked closely with DAP Technologies, of Tempe Arizona, to deliver a customer-centric solution.
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform onscreen keyboard and user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware and software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled operator / user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system, for best performance, reliability, and security, on any automation, industrial, kiosk, military, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touchscreen based system or embedded in applications supporting those devices.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, public safety, ruggedized, utility, voting, warehousing, whiteboard, or other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft Family provides support for Windows CE thru 8.1 (including XP/7 Embedded), Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android in development. A thin client server version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft Terminal Server. Custom onscreen user layouts can be designed with IMG's Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world. Visit www.imgpresents.com
About DAP Technologies
DAP Technologies, is the leading provider of fully-rugged, highly-customizable hardware solutions for mission-critical applications deployed in challenging environments. Designed from the start to be rugged, our line of mobile computing solutions includes lightweight handhelds, tablet PCs, ultra mobile PCs and fixed-mount computers. Visit www.daptech.com
About Southwire Company
Southwire is North America's leading manufacturer of wire and cable used in the distribution transmission of electricity. One in three new homes contains wire from Southwire. Visit www.southwire.com
THAAD Missile Systems integrates My-T-Soft Build-A-Board User Interface
written September 1, 2013 by Jerry Hussong
Category: PR Tags: THAAD Missile, Lockheed Martin, My-T-Soft #40
PASO ROBLES, CA. September 1st, 2013 -- IMG, the primary supplier of My-T-Soft onscreen keyboard user interfaces and Build-A-Board designer tools worldwide, announced today that it has delivered its Linux version of My-T-Soft® to Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the next generation THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) Missile Systems. Lockheed Martin has used IMG's Build-A-Board Designer Tool to create and deliver other user interfaces for various Windows based projects in the past. This is its first use of a Linux version of My-T-Soft for a project.
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform onscreen keyboard and user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
Various elements of the US and German Military and NATO armed forces are also licensee's of IMG's products, although the majority of IMG's installations are in automation, food, healthcare, HVAC, instrumentation, in-vehicle, medical, mobile field service, pharmaceutical, process control, SCADA, utilities, and voting systems.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, warehousing, whiteboard, or other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft Family provides support for Windows CE thru 8.1 including XP/7 Embedded), Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android in development. A thin client server version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom onscreen user layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world. Visit www.imgpresents.com
About Lockheed Martin Space Systems
LMSS is one of the four major business divisions of Lockheed Martin. The division currently employs about 16,000 people, and its most notable products are commercial and military satellites, space probes, missile defense systems, NASA's Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (formerly Orion), and the Space Shuttle External Tank. Visit www.lmco.com
H.J. Heinz rolls out multi-plant My-T-Soft Enterprise License
written July 15, 2013 by J Hussong
Category: PR Tags: H.J. Heinz, My-T-Soft #39
IMG, the primary supplier of on-screen keyboard user interfaces worldwide, announced today that it has delivered a multi-plant My-T-Soft Enterprise Software License to H.J. Heinz Company. H.J. Heinz becomes the latest major corporation in the food industry to incorporate IMG's on-screen keyboard user interfaces at its facilities.
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform on- screen keyboard and user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware and
software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistics, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, voting, warehousing, whiteboard, or other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft family provides support for Windows CE thru 8 (including embedded),
Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android and iOS in development. A thin client server
version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom onscreen
user layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world.
Solutions By Design to use IMG's My-T-Soft Build-A-Board System in Kiosk Projects
written June 1, 2013 by J Hussong
Category: PR Tags: Solutions By Design, Kiosks, My-T-Soft Build-A-Board #38
IMG, the primary supplier of on-screen keyboard user interfaces worldwide, announced today that it has added a new software and kiosk systems OEM, Solutions By Design. Solutions By Design becomes the latest software developer and kiosk system designer to use IMG's My-T-Soft Build-A-Board system in its custom kiosk projects.
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Build-A-Board system offers a consistent cross-platform on-screen keyboard user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware and software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, voting, warehousing, whiteboard, or other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft family provides support for Windows CE thru 8 (including embedded),
Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android and iOS in development. A thin client server
version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom onscreen
user layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world.
Pfizer Pharmaceutical installs My-T-Soft software in Puerto Rico facility
written May 15, 2013 by J Hussong
Category: PR Tags: Pfizer, My-T-Soft #37
IMG, the primary supplier of on-screen keyboard user interfaces worldwide, announced today that Pfizer Pharmaceuticals has installed a My-T-Soft® Enterprise License at its Puerto Rico facility. Pfizer becomes one of a growing number of pharmaceutical companies to integrate IMG's on-screen keyboard user interfaces at its facilities.
The project was a team effort by ePlus of Virginia and IMG. IMG works closely with thousands of OEM's, VAR's, and Systems Integrators worldwide, including custom user interface development and product integration.
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform on- screen keyboard and user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware and
software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistics, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, voting, warehousing, whiteboard, or other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft family provides support for Windows CE thru 8 (including embedded),
Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android and iOS in development. A thin client server
version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom onscreen
user layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world.
The 1.79/1.80 Releases The 1.79 release of the My-T-Soft family incorporates 2 main additions - visual Themes and the Touch Panel. Updates also include various settings and capabilities that have been requested by customers or to address installation issues or operational issues that could use more flexibility. Readers should know that we are at the eve of the software's 20 year anniversary, and there are many features & capabilities that only a well established, mature piece of software could contain. There are also a few other important developments, in that the 1.79 release is only for Vista/7, while the 1.80 release is exclusively for Windows 8. The IMG Product Disc has a 1.78 Release 5 with maintenance updates for 2000/XP, and it is anticipated to be the final release for those platforms. For many years, IMG strove to provide backwards compatibility, all while the regular high-tech industry threw everything out and cared little for adding features & addressing needs for older platforms. At this point, however, we find ourselves in an interesting situation. The industry is splintering into many platforms, so it becomes increasingly difficult to address each and every platform for each new feature, test & verify on each of those platforms, all to find out no one is particularly interested in that feature on a particular platform. The Windows platform now has numerous "flavors", and supporting customers means supporting more and more versions of Windows. In addition to the splintering of the Windows platform, Windows ceases to be the only platform relevant to our customers, and now with the cross-platform Build-A-Board, and future planned enhancements that will eventually encompass, then eclipse the capabilities of the 1.xx software, it is time to realistically look at managing the products in ways that work best for current and future customers. There is also a technical aspect that changes the way development & product releases can be managed, and this forces us to rework our product build and release processes. In the past, a complete DVD build was refined and fine tuned so a signed-off, well tested, and solid release for each product would get built and combined into a single build process, so a single "Make the IMG Product Disc" command was issued, and when you came back in several hours, you'd have the master disc. However, due to the splintered platforms, it now becomes impossible for that single master build machine to compile Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit, Windows CE platforms, Windows Server platforms, MacOSX platforms, Linux 32-bit/64-bit platforms, and future platforms - theoretically, it might be possible with virtual machines and some fancy footwork, but it also doesn't fit well with what is sensible, practical, and the best way to address customer wants and needs. Furthermore, as the world becomes more connected, what makes more sense is to drop the retail software requirement of a Product Disc (NOTE: We will still do Product Discs going forward, but they will be handled & managed as snapshots of release software vs. "a master chef bringing everything to the table all at once" type of approach). This frees development to focus on the more in-demand products, the more in-demand platforms, and treat older releases with a maintenance sort of mind-set (rather than another platform with which to test new features and capabilities). Therefore the 1.79 release makes a break from the history and culmination of over 15 years of getting the Product Disc as the ultimate final result - in fact, the 1.78R4 DVD of 2009 will be the final disc made with that approach. The 1.79 release will incorporate 2 separate builds, 1 for the final 2000/XP 1.78 R5, and 1 for the 1.79 Vista/7 builds. In many ways, this comes as a liberating step, allowing IMG staff to focus on individual products and platforms based on customer demand, roll those updates (per product) into the mix, and then move forward. For example, the final 178R4 DVD had 3 types of install packages per 4 platforms, with a dozen products. Adding the USB installs and versions to the mix, well over 150 different combinations needed verification after the master build. If any update was required, everything needed to be tested and verified again after a new build. By limiting the scope to a single product, and limiting the supported platforms, a more responsive and quicker cycle can be realized for requested features and capabilities. Now back to the new features in the Windows 7/Vista 1.79 release. The new visual Themes option is a user-friendly approach to the customizable painting options dating back to the 178 Release 2. The general trend in the high-tech world has been to be more visual, and in adding this feature, the effort was made to show-off what customized painting can do to the keyboard display in the My-T-Soft family (and make it easy to change the theme quickly and easily). This allows more "modern" looking on-screen keyboard displays to be created, and gives the user more options over the "look and feel" of the keyboard display. Each Theme is contained in the new THEMES folder, and the cycle within the keyboard is controlled by the ThemeList entry in the Initialization file - more themes can be added, an existing theme can be modified, or a theme can be locked down. The feature is somewhat open ended, and we anticipate addressing any user feedback, and adding more themes going forward. The Touch Panel is actually a separate piece that will be available on systems with touch capability (or brought up by user demand) to allow a handful of touch features and user-interaction options. The Touch Panel will always be on the right or left-hand side of the keyboard display based on screen real estate and keyboard window position. On systems with Multi-Touch capability, the touch panel will be shown when first run, and will default to the Gestures option. There is also a Multi-Touch option, along with a regular touchscreen option. Because each mode offers some different user-interface options, we simply decided to support them all. By selecting the mode, the user can interact with the keyboard window as best matches their needs and desires. When the Touch Panel is available, the user can simply select the mode best suited for the task. We believe in practice, the Gestures seems to be the most useful and aligns more with user expectations, so it was chosen as the default. There are 4 buttons on the Touch Panel - Change Theme, Multi-Touch select, Gesture Select, and a green Clear/Dismiss/Recall button. The Change Theme button cycles through the available themes, and changes the Keyboard display theme based on the next theme in the list. You can quickly review all themes by stepping through each with the Change Theme button (a button on a rainbow background, the center of the Touch Panel). The Gesture mode is indicated by a sweeping line over a hand icon - when lit, the Gesture mode is in use, and when darkened, the Gesture mode is off. The gestures are managed by the MultiTouch.DLL (available in the IMG Developer's Kit), and are assigned as followed: Pinch/Zoom - Size-Down/Size-Up Keyboard; Drag/Sweep (Pan) - Move/Fling Keyboard; 2 finger Rotate - Change Theme; 2 finger tap/Press and tap - right-click event. When the keyboard is swept away, the MultiTouch.DLL approach will limit it to the top or bottom of the display, and then let you sweep it off-screen to the right or left. By design, when swept off-screen, the green recall button will be visible, able to recall the keyboard back to the screen. The Multi-Touch mode is indicated by 3 circles under the fingers of a hand icon (to indicate multiple touches) - when lit, the Multi-Touch mode is in use, and when darkened, the Multi-Touch mode is off. The key aspect of the Multi-Touch mode is to allow multiple touches to interact with the keyboard - this allows you to hold down the Shift or Control key and continue to type. While more in-line with the way a physical keyboard works, it seems better suited to specialty applications, but may also be a function of ergonomics and screen positioning (and user preference). The green Clear/Dismiss/Recall button is a multi-purpose button. When in the Gestures or Multi-Touch Mode, a green button will clear the mode. In this regular touchscreen mode, flicks are supported, and controlled by options within Windows control panel (for processing flicks within the system), and by the MultiTouch.DLL which reacts to the flick events. By default, a diagonal flick will perform a minimize event, and the horizontal flicks will move the keyboard up/down or off-screen left/right. When the keyboard window is visible, in the regular touchscreen mode, a green button press will dismiss the keyboard window off-screen. When off-screen, another touch will recall the keyboard. There are various options available with how the touch panel operates configurable via the Initialization file as documented in the User's Guide. Also, by renaming or removing the MultiTouch.DLL, these specialized touchscreen interaction features can simply be disabled. Furthermore, the MultiTouch.DLL source code is available within the IMG Developer's Kit, and customized actions or modified actions are possible for developers/integrators. Also included with the 1.79 release is the Ctrl+Alt+Delete Touchscreen logon button. For system policy / domain logon situations where a Ctrl+Alt+Delete security option is enforced, this Logon Utility option allows for a large red Ctrl+Alt+Delete button to be displayed and will interact with the system (when properly configured) to bypass the security screen without the need for a physical keyboard and an actual Ctrl+Alt+Delete keystroke combination. This allows a touchscreen/pen interface to easily & quickly dismiss this screen and operate without a physical keyboard. There are various other updates in the 1.79 release, but less visual, less impactful to many users, but interesting nonetheless. Special options including Parallax settings and KeyBlockTime options allow fine tuning for different types of touchscreen technologies. The parallax settings can handle visual offsets when the touchscreen surface is separated from the display surface, and the key block time allows for more sensitive input devices. The Region options allow different shapes, including the rounded corners on some of the themes. There is now an option for locking latching keys (Shift, Control, and Alt). Other "behind the scenes" updates include the Zip/Unzip library tools, the SetProcessDPIAware call to ensure proper operation on high-DPI (Dots Per Inch) displays, 64-bit accommodation for system interface components, compile preparation for 64-bit builds, and various other maintenance items. All in all, the 1.79 release continues to build on the ever more stable and ever more popular foundation of the original 1.xx code base. For our customers that find this classic approach to a flexible on-screen keyboard ideal for their needs, this release brings them even more capabilities. With the release of Windows 8 in late 2012, all while the 1.79 release was being finalized, it became clear that a distinct release for Windows 8 was required, so the 1.80 was established, but primarily focused on additional enhancements to the 1.79 release that made sense for Windows 8. The new Start Screen (ImmersiveLauncher class) (or the new Start Menu (once called Metro) Interface screens) essentially created a new desktop environment (treating the classic desktop as just another tile / option). In order for My-T-Soft to make sense, it needed to appear and be functional in the new environment. As it turns out, a few tricks with the manifest and a digitally code-signed executable allowed this operation, and although we played around with the docking options, we felt the already normal functionality in My-T-Soft was more conducive to operating within this new environment. The code-signing requirement is an interesting because of its pros and cons (Note: IMG has code-signed their releases for many years now). The positive side is the security and the level of trust provided to customers by seeing just who published the software they are running. The negative side is that it adds costs to performing certain types of functionality within the Windows operating system. From the technical standpoint, it does require IMG's software to run from specific locations (i.e. \Program Files). Some notable updates in the 1.80 release are new Start Screen options in the My-T-Soft Logon Utilities. One can have My-T-Soft start with the Start Screen, and optionally go direct to the classic Desktop (Boot-to-Desktop), and/or start minimized, and/or bypass the opening splash screen. To accommodate various security and implementation scenarios, there are additional executables provided with the requestedExecutionLevel preset - asInvoker, highestAvailable, and requireAdministrator. These can be used to address UIPI (User Interface Privilege Isolation) issues in scenarios where a required application runs at a higher privilege than the actual user. Due to the user interface aspects of an onscreen keyboard, User Account Control options, and scenarios when a launched application is elevated, offering these options can resolve potential problems where the keyboard process (My-T-Soft) cannot type into the elevated program (which is not a desired result). Also, the IMG installer has been updated to operate without using the ZIP format, but rather use the IMG PKG format, which compresses a bit better than the old standard ZIP. This also allows for a bit more flexibility during installs, and brings all functions / options within the installation software. The IMG Smart Download is a small executable that grabs the current download map, then downloads the correct version to match the product selected for the current version of Windows. This streamlines the whole installation process, and allows for more flexibility as the number of customers running various versions of Windows proliferates. The 1.80 version also updates My-T-Soft TS for Windows Server 2012 - this allows Remote Desktop Users options to run My-T-Soft from a server. Many customers using this have various type of terminals or external systems, and this update brings the most recent release features and capabilities to the Windows Server environment. For customers, splitting up versions based on operating system support is different than in the past, so being aware of these changes and how they may affect ordering and support options is important. We strongly recommend all customers with any installed base to get on our Annual Maintenance programs so that when rolling out new systems with a different version of Windows, there is no need to go through an upgrade purchase. We anticipate a more dynamic set of options and release updates, and want to provide as seamless an experience as possible, but this is reserved for customers who are on one of these annual programs. This round of releases just continues the 2 decades of milestones, with some of the more interesting things still on the horizon.
written April 30, 2013 by Kermit Komm
Category: Development Tags: My-T-Soft, 1.79, 1.80, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 #36
Robert Mann Packaging standardizes on IMG's My-T-Soft on screen keyboard user interface
written March 25, 2013 by Jerry Hussong
Category: PR Tags: Robert Mann Packaging, My-T-Soft #35
IMG, the primary supplier of onscreen keyboards and user interfaces worldwide, announced today that it has delivered its My-T-Soft® License of on screen keyboard user interfaces to Robert Mann Packaging. Robert Mann Packaging is one of the largest corrugated and packaging manufacturers in the US. RMP becomes one of a growing number of paper and packaging companies to integrate IMG's on screen keyboard user interfaces at its facilities.
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform on screen keyboard and user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware
software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, warehousing, whiteboard, or
other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft family provides support for Windows CE thru 8 (including embedded),
Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android and iOS in development. A thin client server
version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom onscreen
user layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world.
Health and Social Care of Northern Ireland standardizes on IMG's My-T-Soft on screen keyboard user interface
written March 25, 2013 by Jerry Hussong
Category: PR Tags: My-T-Soft, Health and Social Care of Northern Ireland #34
IMG, the primary supplier of on screen keyboards and user interfaces worldwide, announced today that it has delivered its My-T-Soft® on screen keyboard user interface to Health and Social Care of Northern Ireland for use in touch screen based systems thruout their healthcare facilities. Health and Social Care of Northern Ireland manages healthcare facilities thruout Northern Ireland and is one of a growing number of healthcare organizations to integrate IMG's on screen keyboard user interfaces at its facilities.
The project was one of many in a long-term partnership between Newgate Technology's Healthcare Systems Group and IMG. IMG works closely with thousands or OEM's and Systems Integrators worldwide, providing custom user interfaces and assisting in product integration
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform on screen keyboard user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware
software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, warehousing, whiteboard, or
other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft family provides support for Windows CE thru 8 (including embedded),
Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android and iOS in development. A thin client server
version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom onscreen
user layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world.
Mead Johson Nutritionals choose's IMG's My-T-Soft on screen keyboard user interface
written March 20, 2013 by Jerry Hussong
Category: PR Tags: My-T-Soft, Mead Johnson Nutritionals #33
Innovation Management Group, the primary supplier of on screen keyboard user interfaces worldwide, announced today that Mead Johnson has chosen IMG's My-T-Soft® on screen keyboard user interface for its production facilities. Mead Johnson becomes the latest in the food, nutrition, and pharmaceutical industry to incorporate IMG's My-T-Soft® at its facilities.
The project was a team effort by Modular Industrial Computers and IMG, with Modular delivering the industrial computer solution and assisting with the system integration development. IMG works closely with thousands of OEMs, VARs, and System Integrators worldwide, including custom user interface development and product integration.
The My-T-Soft ®(My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform
onscreen keyboard and user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
Various elements of the US Military and NATO are also licensee's of IMG's onscreen keyboard user interfaces, although the majority of IMG's installations are in automation, food, healthcare, HMI, HVAC, instrumentation, in-vehicle, medical, mobile field service, pharmaceutical, process control, SCADA, utilities, and voting systems
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch, along with its Build-A-Board Designer Tool utility) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, warehousing, whiteboard, or other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft Family provides support for Windows CE thru 8 including XP/7 Embedded), Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android and iOS in development. A thin client server version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom onscreen user layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
Domtar Paper standardizes on IMG's My-T-Soft on screen keyboard user interface
written February 25, 2013 by Jerry Hussong
Category: PR Tags: Domtar Paper, My-T-Soft #32
IMG, the primary supplier of onscreen keyboards and user interfaces worldwide, announced today that it has delivered a My-T-Soft® Enterprise License of its on screen keyboard user interfaces to Domtar Paper. Domtar Paper is one of the largest paper manufacturers in the US. Domtar becomes one of a growing number of paper and packaging companies to integrate IMG's on screen keyboard user interfaces at its facilities.
The project was a team effort by Peak-Ryzex (an IMG Channel Partner) and IMG, with Peak-Ryzex delivering the hardware solution and assisting with the integration and system image development. IMG works closely with thousands of OEM's, VAR's, and Systems Integrators worldwide, including custom user interface development and product integration.
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform on screen keyboard and user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware
software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, warehousing, whiteboard, or
other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft family provides support for Windows CE thru 8 (including embedded),
Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android and iOS in development. A thin client server
version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom onscreen
user layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world.
Northport Health Services standardizes on IMG's My-T-Soft Terminal Server onscreen keyboard user interfaces
written January 29, 2013 by Jerry Hussong
Category: PR Tags: Northport Health Services, My-T-Soft #31
IMG, the primary supplier of onscreen keyboards and user interfaces worldwide, announced today that it has delivered its My-T-Soft® Terminal Server onscreen keyboard user interface to Northport Health Services. Northport Health manages senior and retirement healthcare facilities in the southeastern U.S. and is one of a growing number of healthcare organizations to integrate IMG's onscreen keyboard user interfaces at its facilities.
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform onscreen keyboard and user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware / software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, warehousing, whiteboard, or other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft family provides support for Windows CE thru 8 (including embedded), Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android and iOS in development. A thin client server version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom onscreen user layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world.
Target Stores standardize on IMG's My-T-Soft Build-A-Board on screen keyboard user interface system
written January 24, 2013 by Jerry Hussong
Category: PR Tags: Target Stores, My-T-Soft, Build-A-Board on screen keyboard user interface #30
IMG, the primary supplier of onscreen keyboards and user interfaces worldwide, announced today that it has delivered its My-T-Soft® Build-A-Board System of onscreen User Interfaces to Target Corporation. Target is one of the largest retail store chains in the US and one of a growing number of retail store chains to integrate IMG's user interfaces into its logistics and retail store systems.
The My-T-Soft® (My-Typing-Soft Keyboard) Family offers a consistent cross-platform onscreen keyboard and user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware / software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
The product family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Services, and My-T-Touch) is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, warehousing, whiteboard, or other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft family provides support for Windows CE thru 8 (including embedded), Linux, and Mac, with other O/S platforms such as Android and iOS in development. A thin client server version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom onscreen user layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Designer Tool. An SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world.
Biery Cheese standardizes on IMG's My-T-Touch onscreen keyboard user interfaces
written January 13, 2013 by Jerry Hussong
Category: PR Tags: Biery Cheese, My-T-Touch #29
Innovation Management Group, the primary supplier of on screen keyboard user interfaces worldwide, announced today that Biery Cheese has standardized on IMG's My-T-Touch® onscreen keyboard user interface in its production facilities. Biery Cheese becomes the latest in the food industry to incorporate IMG's My-T-Touch ® at its facilities.
The My-T-Soft® Family (My-T-Pen, My-T-Soft, My-T-Soft Terminal Server, and My-T-Touch) along with IMG's Build-A-Board Keyboard Designer Tool offers a consistent cross-platform onscreen keyboard user interface that is fully customizable and programmable for various hardware / software platforms. It allows customers to control user input at any point of any application and maintain a higher level of security than with a traditional physical keyboard or membrane panel.
The main focus of the product is to provide a controlled user interface, integrated at the lowest level of the operating system for best performance, reliability, and security, on any industrial, kiosk, mobile, pen, rugged, tablet, or touch screen based system or application supporting those devices.
The My-T-Soft product family is ideal for use in environments such as automation, field service, food, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, laboratory, logistic, medical, military, mobile, pharmaceutical, ruggedized, utility, warehousing, whiteboard, or other extremely clean, dirty, or hazardous interactive user environment.
The latest release of the My-T-Soft / Build-A-Board System provides support for Windows CE thru 8 (including embedded), Linux and Mac, and other O/S platforms such as Android and iOS in development. A thin client version for Citrix / MS Terminal Server / Remote Desktop is available as My-T-Soft TS. Custom keyboard layouts can be designed with the Build-A-Board Keyboard Designer Tool, and an SDK Developers Integration Kit is included.
About Innovation Management Group
Since 1995, Innovation Management Group has been the primary supplier of onscreen keyboard user interfaces and designer utilities for major automation, handheld, instrumentation, in-vehicle, kiosk, pen, rugged, tablet, touchscreen, ultra mobile, vehicle mount, voting, wearable, and whiteboard systems manufacturers, integrators, and users worldwide. IMG's products run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on some of the most secure, advanced, and critical systems in the world.
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Category: Development
Tags: My-T-Soft; Linux;
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Tags: My-T-Soft; Build-A-Board;
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Category: PR
Tags: My-T-Soft; Build-A-Board; Security; Productivity;
Major National Retailer uses My-T-Soft® to bridge user interface from Windows to Linux
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Tracy Chang
Category: PR
Tags: My-T-Soft; Build-A-Board; Linux;
My-T-Soft® updates rolled into GE Digital iFIX 6.1
November 28, 2022
Tracy Chang
Category: PR
Tags: My-T-Soft 1.90 Release 5; iFIX
Build-A-Board 2.20 Release 7 & My-T-Soft Basic 2.20 Release 12
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Kermit Komm
Category: Development
Tags: My-T-Soft; My-T-Soft Basic; Build-A-Board
My-T-Soft for Linux 2.20 Release 16 now available!
August 10, 2022
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Category: Development
Tags: My-T-Soft; Linux;
IMG is pleased to announce that My-T-Soft® 1.90 Release 5 is now available
May 31, 2022
Kermit Komm
Category: PR
Tags: My-T-Soft 1.90 Release 5
The Magnifier support - software vs. hardware
January 10, 2022
Alex S.
Category: Development
Tags: The Magnifier; Support; Video
Alcon Labs adds My-T-Soft Onscreen Keyboard utilities to its Ireland facilities
October 15, 2013
Jerry Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: Alcon Labs, My-T-Soft
Southwire enhances its Terminal Server user interface with My-T-Soft
September 15, 2013
Jerry Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: Southwire Company, My-T-Soft Terminal Server
THAAD Missile Systems integrates My-T-Soft Build-A-Board User Interface
September 1, 2013
Jerry Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: THAAD Missile, Lockheed Martin, My-T-Soft
H.J. Heinz rolls out multi-plant My-T-Soft Enterprise License
July 15, 2013
J Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: H.J. Heinz, My-T-Soft
Solutions By Design to use IMG's My-T-Soft Build-A-Board System in Kiosk Projects
June 1, 2013
J Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: Solutions By Design, Kiosks, My-T-Soft Build-A-Board
Pfizer Pharmaceutical installs My-T-Soft software in Puerto Rico facility
May 15, 2013
J Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: Pfizer, My-T-Soft
The 1.79/1.80 Releases
April 30, 2013
Kermit Komm
Category: Development
Tags: My-T-Soft, 1.79, 1.80, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Robert Mann Packaging standardizes on IMG's My-T-Soft on screen keyboard user interface
March 25, 2013
Jerry Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: Robert Mann Packaging, My-T-Soft
Health and Social Care of Northern Ireland standardizes on IMG's My-T-Soft on screen keyboard user interface
March 25, 2013
Jerry Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: My-T-Soft, Health and Social Care of Northern Ireland
Mead Johson Nutritionals choose's IMG's My-T-Soft on screen keyboard user interface
March 20, 2013
Jerry Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: My-T-Soft, Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Domtar Paper standardizes on IMG's My-T-Soft on screen keyboard user interface
February 25, 2013
Jerry Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: Domtar Paper, My-T-Soft
Northport Health Services standardizes on IMG's My-T-Soft Terminal Server onscreen keyboard user interfaces
January 29, 2013
Jerry Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: Northport Health Services, My-T-Soft
Target Stores standardize on IMG's My-T-Soft Build-A-Board on screen keyboard user interface system
January 24, 2013
Jerry Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: Target Stores, My-T-Soft, Build-A-Board on screen keyboard user interface
Biery Cheese standardizes on IMG's My-T-Touch onscreen keyboard user interfaces
January 13, 2013
Jerry Hussong
Category: PR
Tags: Biery Cheese, My-T-Touch
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