The ps2 to usb adapter I got at Best Buy works just fine. The thing that surprised me was that it has two ps2 connectors--one for the keyboard and one for the mouse. You have to use the correct one for the keyboard and once I did that, it worked just fine for me on a Dell tower. Jeff Weiss
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Hill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 1:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: WE Mouse Navigation Keys The problem with these adapters is that they may not work. I had one that sent the wrong scan codes for the arrows when numlock was off. It sent the scan codes for the separate arrows instead of the ones on the keypad; window-eyes wouldn't work with it. Microsoft makes some pretty good keyboards, and their wired one doesn't cost a ton of money. On 11/8/2012 12:19, Jeff Weiss wrote: > Another option--if you have a nice older ps2 keyboard, you can get a ps2 to > usb adapter at best buy for about $27. That seems high until you look at the > trashy keyboards that they are selling these days. > I sent a pretty well written explanation to Dell about how important the > numlock key is to any visually impaired customers to have full access to > their computers and, at least, for me, the sales person got her supervisor to > agree and send me a free keyboard replacement. I may not like the keyboard > they send, but, at least, it will have a numpad with a numlock key! > Jeff Weiss > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Massey [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 12:09 PM > To: Jeff Weiss > Subject: RE: WE Mouse Navigation Keys > > Jeff. I have run into the exact same keyboard issue with my new Dell > xps-8500 desktop computer running Windows 8. I can't seem to persuade Dell > to send me a free replacement keyboard with a numb lock key on it. Oh, they > have keyboards with a numnb lock on them, but they want me to pay extra for > one that might suit my needs. A technical support rep told me that I might > have to purchase a keyboard somewhere else. He told me that my keyboard is a > kb-113, and he mentioned a model kb-112. Yet, John Shackles, the sales rep > whom I have been dealing with, says that model number won't come up in his > search. > > Mike M. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Weiss [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: WE Mouse Navigation Keys > > This may not be the same thing, but from Dell, I got a keyboard with no > numlock key. The numpad was always numbers. > They are sending me a free replacement, but I tried to point out to them how > important it is for visually impaired people to have a numlock key to use > many of our screen-reader commands. > Jeff Weiss > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: WE Mouse Navigation Keys > > Greetings > > When helping another Window-Eyes client with setting up a new computer, I was > not able to use the numeric keypad to navigate the mouse. The version of WE > is 7.5.4.1. > > I was not able to find in the menus where this is turned on and off. In fact > the hotkeys were all set up for their default values. When I used the key > describer function 7 was being reported as the home key not home top left. > > The keyboard does have a toggle to change the function keys, but this didn't > change anything. > > Vic > > > > > > 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. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > 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. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. 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