Hi Alex, Thanks for completing the work I've started already... I am grateful that we have people who are writing articles for our site.
As for the site, I'll decide on host by tomorrow (around this time). Then the site building can truly begin. as for the article in question, you'll see it integrated into PBWorks sometime this weekend (as early as tomorrow) or as part of the upcoming major release of the site. Other things: * The down arrow's scroll mode toggle is based on current reading mode from the keyboard. In a table, for instance, it'll toggle between column and row. * One wheel revolution = 24 clicks. * The left and right arrows emulate SPACE with DOTS 1-2-3 and SPACE with DOTS 4-5-6, respectively, thus not limited to menus or documents. For instance, in media player, left arrow is restart playback. Cheers, Joseph On 4/27/11, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > Below I have pasted an article all about the Scroll Wheel. This is not > yet on the pbwiki site; it will probably wait until that site has > found its new home. > > What is the Scroll Wheel? > On all Apex BT units (an Apex with a braille keyboard and a 0, 18, or > 32 cell display) there is a circular construction between dots 1 and 4 > on the keyboard. In its center is a sort of flattened dome shape, with > six lines radiating off of it. At the 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, and 9:00 > positions around the outside of these lines there are dots, one at > each of the afore mentioned clock positions. These controls are known, > collectively, as the "scroll wheel" and are used for a variety of > tasks. > > The Center Button > The center button, what was previously described as a flattened dome, > has several purposes. Which function it activates depends on where you > are in Keysoft, just as do the rest of the controls on the Wheel. When > in menus or on a webpage, the Center Button acts like the enter key. > When in a document, book, media file, or email, it will start or > pause. In documents or emails it will duplicate the space-g ("go > forward reading") keystroke each time it is pressed - it will not stop > speech, only start it. In media files, it will play or pause the > media. > > The Wheel > The six lines coming out from the Center Button comprise the Wheel of > the Scroll Wheel. This Wheel can be turned clockwise (moving forward) > or counterclockwise (moving backward). The Wheel does not turn > smoothly; instead, it is designed to click as it moves, allowing for > precise scrolling or fast scrolling as necessary. A given line on the > Wheel will go through twelve clicks to return to its starting point, > just like the positions on a clock. Here are the functions moving this > Wheel can perform: > > When in menus, each click of the wheel moves by one item. > When in a document (wordprocessor, book reader, email), each click > moves by the increment set with the Down Arrow. This can provide a > quick way to scroll through a file, but it is important to note that > your cursor will follow the movement. Pressing the inner thumb keys > will move the braille display but not the cursor, but moving the Wheel > will move the cursor along with the scrolling. > When on a webpage or in a database lookup (keylist, keybase, reviewing > network configurations, and so on), each click moves by the setting of > the Down Arrow. > > The Arrow Keys > There are four dots, one at each cardinal direction of the Scroll > Wheel. They are known as "arrow keys" and are named, cleverly, for > their directions. The one at 12:00 is the Up Arrow, the one at 3:00 is > Right Arrow, and I will leave it to you to figure out the other two. > > Left and Right Arrows > These two arrows will always take you to the top (Left Arrow) or > bottom (Right Arrow) of where you are (database lookup, webpage, > document, menu). They serve no other purpose. > > The Up Arrow > The Up Arrow will always perform the standard exit command, the > equivalent of pressing space-e at any point in Keysoft. > > The Down Arrow > The Down Arrow changes what the Wheel will scroll by. If there is > nothing to change, such as in a menu, it will perform the "help" > command, the equivalent of pressing space-h. Below is a (possibly > incomplete) list of possibilities for this button: > > When in a document (wordprocessor, email, book) the Down Arrow toggles > between the Wheel moving by sentence and by paragraph. > When on a webpage, it toggles between the same options available by > pressing space-t; heading, link, input control, and so on. Note that > changing this will also change the function of space-4-6 and > space-1-3, so you cannot set the Wheel to move by one type of element > and the above keystrokes to move by another. > In a database lookup, such as in keybase or keylist, Down Arrow > toggles between field and record. If set to field, the Wheel will > scroll through the fields of the currently selected record. If set to > Record, it will scroll through all records in the set of results > returned by your query. > In the media player, while a file is playing, the Down Arrow switches > between 1, 5, and 10 percent increments. > > Disabling the Scroll Wheel > Some users find that they never use the Wheel and/or that it gets in > the way, moving the braille display with even an accidental tap. > Fortunately, you can simply turn off the entire thing: press space-o > to enter the options menu, then press w to toggle the Wheel on and off > (if it is off, it will be turned on, and vice versa). > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > ___ > 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. 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