It doesn't sound any weirder to me than the extra buttons on braille displays. Fantastic idea! Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: erik burggraaf To: David Cc: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 4:16 PM Subject: Re: WE & Gamepad - just an idea
Humm, well I know this is possible with voiceover on the mac. Not quite what you were asking I know, But for example, I saw a logitech jogame controller with a joystick, and 12 programmable buttons. So, maybe we need a script to releace the window-eyes functions, or maybe we just need to set up a new keybord layout, call it game controller, and then program window-eyes to do the function we want when a button on the game controller is pressed. The controllers aren't that expensive. $20-$40 for really good ones. Best, erik burggraaf Certified Technician Assistive Computing LTD Support and training Sales department: 888-828-2445 Support and Training: 888-255-5194 Email: [email protected] Website coming soon On 10-Jan-09, at 1:38 PM, David wrote: Ok, this might be a bit of a strange idea; but les give it a try, and an example: Many of us, are using WE on a laptop. Then you well know, how the operating of WE is quite complicated. You really miss the mouse keys, usually found on the numeric keypad. But even with a full size PC keyboard, you sometimes want to operate the numeric keypad as such, and at the same time do certain mouse movements. Or, les give you this other example: When browsing EBay, you might well have found that the list of search results, are in a table. Les say, you are searching for a new pair of shoes. All the photos will be in column 1, the titles/headers in column 2, and the highest bid/buy-it-now price in column 3. OK, you press T to go to Table 1, then CTRL+ to turn on Table Mode, and now you have to navigate through the columns with INS + the Arrow Keys. I.e, you want to get your shoes less than $40, so you have to go to column 3, and then holding down INS and scroll your way down through the offers with Down-Arrow. Finally, you find a pair you want to read about, so you press Enter. If, now, you are using the wonderul Placemarker function, you could for instance have set one placemarker at the word DESCRIPTION, quickly jumped down to where the description of the shoes start, and easily have read the text using the X key. Allright, all of this is basics, and most of us have already made up a routine for this. My idea, though, is: Could it be possible - with the use of a set-file, or a script - to have a gamepad programmed for the most used functions, in a given software. I just looked at one model on the net, and it has a joystick, and TEN keys. Now, if the joystick could have been programmed to do the navigation between the columns, and you had the ten keys programmed to go to Table, Text, Link, Control, Placemarker - all of them forward/backward respectively. Then you could have done most of your browsing, with the operation of one hand. In other cases/software, the joystick could have been used as the mouse keys, while as the ten extra keys, could have been used to simulate the left/right click, ¨ "move mouse to cursor" function, and so forth. OK, this would mean an extra gadget to your PC; and many 8users might not want that. Then go ahead, use the system as ever before. But for those who would find it useful... My real question is: ISTHIS POSSIBLE, technically? Anyone tried something like this? I know, that you should be able to script certian actions of the joystick, but is it possible to make the joystick sending a character/keystroke to the computer, i.e sending an X or T, when a button on the joystick/gamepad is pressed? Hope for some feedback from all you tech guys. But also, let us know, if there is more users that would find this handy. Even - maybe - let¨s spin a bit on it, to see if the idea could be modified; so as to meet the wishes better. What I imagine, is that we got an interface, where the user could define the actions of the keys on the gamepad, and then save this in kind of a set-file, for each software/window, much like we have with the standard keyboard outlay already. OK, guys, I am eager to hear your inputs/feedback. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. 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