Hi Tom and list, According to my own experiments, it seems that USB QWERTY keyboard is useful in numerous situations, including: * Learning the QT equivalent of a BT command * Jump directly to a task with a single command * Compose documents faster And so forth. Here are some QWERTY keyboard commands equivalent to that of QT: * Left Alt: READ * Right Alt: FN (or Function)\* CTRL: CTRL * TAB: TAB * F1: HELP Key * F2: REPEAT Key * F3: MENU Key (used to go to Main Menu) * F4: KeyWord * F5: KeyPlus * F6: KeyPlan * F7: KeyList * F8: KeyMail * F9: KeyBook * F10: KeyWeb (under some keyboards, if the command does not work, press FN with F10) * F11 and F12: change speech rate (if I'm right) Cheers, Joseph
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Lange Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 5:25 PM To: Terri Pannett; BrailleNote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] external QT keyboard Hi, Now that's an interesting idea. I'll try that out witn my BN BT32 and see how it goes. If it works as you describes, I can do that when I want to brush up on QT commands, as I have to train people on both BT's and QT's on occasion as part of my work. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BrailleNote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:49 PM Subject: [Braillenote] external QT keyboard > Dear List, > > I tried an experiment today. I plugged my usb keyboard into the BN to see > how the MP would behave. I was quite happy with the way it worked. > You're > probably asking yourself, "Why would she want to plug in an external > keyboard when the unit is a QT model? Well, I figured if the English > keyboard would work then a foreign language keyboard should work, too. I > also thought it would be easier to write a foreign language with a larger > keyboard and it was. > > Here is how the keys behave. The alt key behaves like the function key > when > you need to access the unicode tables and the macros. It's much easier to > press alt x and alt c on an external keyboard than it is on the Bn's > QWERTY > keyboard. The function keys at the top of the external keyboard take you > from task to task with one keystroke: f3 help, f4 word processor, f5 > calculator and so on. > > When braille is required, the home row on the external works just the same > as the home row on the BN's keyboard. Plus, the BN's keyboard is not > disabled when an external keyboard is plugged in. > > There may be times when those of you who have BT keyboards might find it > advantageous to plug in an external QWERTY keyboar, especially if you're > not > hep on writing in computer braille. Foreign languages are easier because > (1) your fingers don't get tangled up (2) you can turn on numlock hold > down > the alt key and write the numeric value of a unicode character and (3) you > can use the two alt keys, whereas the BN has only one function key. > > I also discovered that if you press alt i, the BN will speak a sentence. > > Anyway, I thought this might be interesting to some of you. > > Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
