good afternoon accessindia. here is another program that i use on my computer, its called lapin. my friend sean created it few years ago, what basicly it does is, it hides windows and shows them back on a key stroke
so, you dont need to alt-tab again and again and again to reach to aplication that is opened to use it. well, okay, you need to change the .ini file according to your need, but, the read me file is included, and few examples are always given in the lapin.ini file. when you'll be adding windows in the .ini file, the easyest way is to vertulise the window for which you want to create shortcut, hit jaws key +home, and copy the tital of the aplication that never changes no matter what file you open in it. for example, internet explorer stays in the tital, no matter what website you open. i'm not writeing a full review, as i know, that read me includes everything that you need to know, and since its created by a blind programmer, there should be no accessibility problams with screen readers. if you want to check out his website, for few more programs that he uses, or for reviews ( he's fairly busy these days so he dont updates his site mor often , but still), the website is www.randylaptop.com, few words from the creater :- Dated: Sunday, January 27, 2008. I wrote Lapin a couple of years back for a friend. I use it daily: it's one of those programs that I had no clue how much I'd love it until it came into being. How to use it The software consists of two files. the Lapin.exe executable, and a Lapin.ini settings file. The settings file should be explored before you attempt to run the program. Within the settings file you can specify up to 64 windows attached to hotkeys. Whenever you press one of those hotkeys, the window is either hidden, or displayed. It can also be activated as well - there's an option in the settings file for that too. Why use it? Personally, I find it annoying to have to alt+tab through lots of windows. Even though there are alternatives available (such as navigating the taskbar via cursor keys and window switching functionality in JAWS), that doesn't solve the obvious problem. Simply put, you can only really use one program at once, yet you often want several open. Right this instant, is a good example. I'm working in a text editor, writing this document. But I'm also listening to music and waiting for an E-mail. I don't need either of those two programs on my taskbar and, therefore, the only other thing there is my FTP client, ready to upload this article to you. Should I receive mail or feel the need to do something my audio global hotkeys can't handle, I simply need press the key I assigned to Outlook or Winamp to show and activate that particular application. Download Version 1.0 of Lapin was released in May 2006. it does need updating, but for now you can Download Lapin from http://randylaptop.com/get/lapin.zip -- As long as forever, I will stay by your side, I'll be your companion, Your friend and your guide!!! Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
