I was lucky before purchasing my Yoga Pro 2 that someone on this list talked about the function keys needing to be changed in the BIOS, so I was aware of this before I brought my laptop home. Otherwise I would have had to wait for sighted help to do this at home.
That’s why I love this list! :) Russell > On Jan 31, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Brian Vogel <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 03:14 pm, Russell Solowoniuk <[email protected]> > wrote: > It’s much easier to get them to do it before the sale is made! > Absolutely!! > > I have to say that I'd not encountered a computer with this feature until I > purchased my latest laptop last fall. I have no doubt it's been around for > at least a couple of years now, since there seems to be a link between the > debut of Win8 and UEFI and this feature. > > What's bad, though, is that this is not a feature or setting that tends to > "get PR" as far as being listed on the box or sometimes in any of the > documentation. It's well-nigh impossible to be aware of it until you've > already been caught out by it. This is even truer if you can't test > something with JAWS or another screen reader using some of the "naked" > function key commands prior to owning the thing. > > Brian > >
