Terry, I customized my BN too. I have from left to right, advanced, back, next then previous. When I'm reading a document on the BN, the advanced and back move line by line and those are the only keys I mess with while reading with the display, however when the Braille display is being used with Jaws and the computer, the previous thumb key moves the display forward by sentence and the back thumb key moves it back by sentence, not sure what the other keys do yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] question about using the BN as a desplay
The previous and next thumb keys can also be set to read up and down line by line and up and down by paragraph. I have mine set to move by paragraph. I don't know what screenreader you are using so I can't comment completely about the thumb keys. I use WindowEyes. The BN's thumb keys are numbered from left to right, thumb 1, thumb 2, thumb 3, thumb 4. I wish Humanware would label the thumb keys that way, too. I didn't like the way the thumb keys on the BN were set, so I used the custom option to change them. I prefer next and back to be on the ends and previous and next to be in the middle. So, the WindowEyes BN hot keys worked great for me as far as moving display lengths went. But I changed the two middle keys, pressed at the same time, would read forward paragraph by paragraph and the two keys on the ends pressed together would read back a paragraph at a time. The more keys and buttons a braille display has, the more hot keys you can use with WE. Even more keys would be available if all of the keys on the QWERTY keyboard could be used as hot keys. I believe the manufacturer of the BN, or whatever braille display is being used, creates the hot keys which work with the screenreader. So Humanware created the WE hot keys. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarai D. Bucciarelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "braillenote" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 4:24 PM Subject: [Braillenote] question about using the BN as a desplay > Hey, > Okay, there isn't anything in the manual about this, but when you're > connected with the BN as a display, I noticed that the back and previous > thumb keys move the display back and forward line by sentence by sentence > and you can read one page of braille using the display, but when you need > to > go to the next display, you need to hit your page down button on the > computer. If I'm write, let me know. What does the other two thumb keys > do, > the next and advanced thumb keys. I know when reading a document on the > BN, > the advanced and back thumb keys go back and forward by sentence. Its the > opposite when the BN is a display. What do the touch cursor buttons do? > Sarai D. Bucciarelli > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > __________ NOD32 1.1079 (20050426) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.nod32.com > > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
