Hi, Gary. We know what JAWS calls that key, but is that label standardized across all screen readers? What does NVDA call it? What does Window-Eyes call it, etc? Bill White [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary King To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 8:52 AM Subject: Re: Improving my teaching approach and/or sensitivity
Brian, I think that "Applications Key" would be a better label for that key when instructing screen reader users for a couple of reasons. When I press that key, JAWS first speaks "applications" before speaking "context menu." If you call it the menu key, it could be confused with other types of menus. Shift F10 typically brings up the same context menu as the Applications Key, but I have seen instances when the Shift F10 context menu has a few extra choices. Gary King [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Vogel To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 4:30 PM Subject: Re: Improving my teaching approach and/or sensitivity On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 02:21 pm, Jean Menzies <[email protected]> wrote: They are the same. Context key: typically beside the right alt key (between alt and control) on a standard keyboard. Thanks Jean. Now that you've described it that's what I've more commonly heard referred to as "the menu key" for the very reason that it's used very frequently to cause context menus to appear. This key seems to be becoming more variable as far as precisely where it's placed and whether a keyboard has one, particularly on laptops. My relatively new HP laptop doesn't have one at all. My partner's slightly older Toshiba laptop has it located between ALT and CTRL on the right side of the spacebar while the Windows key is in that position on the left on both our laptops. I'll have to look at my old Win7 laptop upstairs to see if it had a menu/applications key on it. Brian __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 12984 (20160205) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 12984 (20160205) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
