I have a Toshiba with a button on the touch bar too for turning the wireless card on and off. I had a sighted person put a raised Braille letter "i" on it and a raised "m" on the touch button that mutes the sound. It works fine.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maria Campbell Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 7:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] connect to the internet from a laptop On one of my Toshibas, it is a button on the touch bar. Bummer. On another is function key f12, but once pressed JAWS says absolutely nothing. Sunny Day Maria Campbell [email protected] When the power of love is stronger than the love of power, Then the world will know peace. On 7/2/2013 5:49 PM, Trish wrote: > mine is an ASUS it has switch on right side towards back > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 4:32 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] connect to the internet from a laptop > > > Tom, > > What model of laptop do you have? Older models had a separate switch for > turning on wifi, most newer ones do it with a function key command or a > touchpad bar that has different controls on it if you have media center, for > example. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Trish" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 4:45 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] connect to the internet from a laptop > > >> still have to flip the switch, feel round thre should be something close >> to >> the button you turn your laptop on with. Mine is on the side of the botton >> in back to turn on the computer. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tom Clary" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 3:37 PM >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] connect to the internet from a laptop >> >> >> switch? what switch? i thought there was a keystroke combination, fn + ?? >> >> On 7/2/13, Trish <[email protected]> wrote: >>> is the switch turned on? heheeh that's all you need, it should be on side >>> or >>> >>> bottom, it really needs to be flipped to get connection, I know cause >>> like >>> well... >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tom Clary" <[email protected]> >>> To: "jaws-users-list" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 2:52 PM >>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] connect to the internet from a laptop >>> >>> >>> i now have a inspiron 6000 laptop, and have never had a laptop >>> before, and was installed with a wireless internet card. what >>> keystrokes do i hit to search for an internet signal? >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
