Hello, Thanks a lot for all the information, Esther. Are there any new macbook
laptops with a numeric keypad? I have actually never used a laptop that has
one, but from your post I gathe ryou can also use numeric commander to put
shortcuts on other keys then the numeric keys if they are not available? I
think a laptop with a numeric keypad would be nice though, and I am still
hoping and thinking I could put shortcuts on my braille display as well.
Thanks again,
Greetings, Anouk,
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From: Esther
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: does reading on the mac take two hands?
Hi Anouk,
Although you use the VoiceOver keys (Control and Option) for navigation, you
can lock these keys on with VO-semi-colon (Control-Option-Semi-colon). Then
any commands you issue assume that the VoiceOver keys (Control and Option) are
engaged until your press semi-colon again. Many people lock their VoiceOver
keys while reading long pages.
Another alternative is to use NumPad Commander (with Leopard). This is a
functionality that uses the numeric keypad to pre-program shortcuts for the
most common VoiceOver commands. You need to use either a full keyboard, an
older Mac laptop with embedded numeric keypad, or a current Mac laptop with
either attached numeric keypad or keyboard with numeric keypad in order to use
NumPad Commander. Or, as I've just posted, you may be able to use the free
NumberKey app on an iPhone to use your iPhone as a numeric keypad that works
with NumPad Commander shortcuts. You can customize NumPad Commander with your
own shortcut definitions as well as using their standard set.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Esther
On Jul 17, 2009, at 03:44, william lomas wrote:
you have to use control option and arrow keys, to navigate around
On 17 Jul 2009, at 14:31, a radix wrote:
Hello everyone, ok this may sem elike a strange question but I read that,
if you want to navigate through a window to review it, or a document for
example you need to use the voice key (which is either command or control if i
got that right)+ arrow down or up, but would tha tnot require both hand and is
there a way to do it single handedly. I use braille all the time and this would
make it a lot slower for me to read stuff, or will maybe the arrow keys on my
braille display be able to simulate this, i Wonder.
Greetings, Anouk,
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