Amy, I use both systems on a daily basis and indeed there is quite a bit of customization available in JAWS. You can also probably run Windows on your Macintosh if you prefer I would be glad to help you in adjusting Jaws.
Jonathan Cohn > On Feb 15, 2016, at 7:34 PM, Aimee Harwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > First let me introduce myself. My name is Aimee and I am a law Student at > Widener Law Commonwealth. I have been using a Mac and I devices for the past > 6 years and now I am having to switch back to Windows and JAWS for school. > > Now that I have introduced myself, let me move on to my question. When I > used my Mac, I controlled it primarily with a Braille display and only had to > touch the keyboard for a few commands. I know that it depends on the display > sometimes how much you can control the computer with the display. On the > Mac, I could customize almost all of the commands to be what I wanted them to > be. Can this be done with JAWS? I have a VarioUltra 40. Can I change > commands and assign the majority of the commands to the keystrokes I prefer? > My > Second question is, can I use one of those one-handed computer gaming > keyboards to program the remainder of the commands I couldn't get assigned on > the display? > > The reason behind my question is that I think we are looking into a Microsoft > Surface Pro 4 and I would rather not use the keyboard with it and only use > the Braille display and the one-handed computer gaming device to take up less > space. > > I greatly appreciate your thoughts and suggestions on these somewhat oddball > questions. > > > Aimee > > Sent from my iPhone > 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/
