If I put windows on my mac machine when I get it, do I have to have the keypad tha you are talking about to use windows?
May, I'm ready for the stress to end. Off to Edmonton on the 25th. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:29 PM Subject: Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands? > > Hi Anouk, > > You don't need to use a numeric keypad with VoiceOver, but with > Leopard you have another option of customizing your frequently used > VoiceOver commands with the NumPad Commander. I did get a USB keypad, > the Lenovo 33L3225 Numeric Keypad, so I could learn the NumPad > Commander sequences with my laptop. (This also works with Windows and > with Linux, incidentally). Most of the time I use VoiceOver from my > laptop without any attachments. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jul 18, 2009, at 12:45, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> It is optional with a numpad, but it enhances it. >> >> Regards, >> Alex, >> >> >> On 18-Jul-09, at 5:02 AM, a radix wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, Do you actually need the numeric keypad to use voicover? I >>> thought it >>> was optional. If it is optional then there is not much difference imo >>> between using it on a laptop or a pc... >>> Greetings, Anouk, >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Victor Tsaran" <vtsa...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:42 AM >>> Subject: Re: does reading on the mac take two hands? >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Beware, however, that even though you can lock control and option >>>> keys, >>>> you will find yourself in frequent situations where you need to >>>> unlock >>>> them, e.g. when browsing the web or trying to interact with various >>>> objects (tables, HTML CONTENT areas etc). >>>> It does get a little annoying to use voiceover for long periods of >>>> time, >>>> especially if you are a heavy laptop user. >>>> Good luck, >>>> Vic >>>> >>>> On 7/17/2009 7:03 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: >>>>> You can also lock the voiceover keys on with VO and semicolon. >>>>> Then you >>>>> don't have to hold down control and option while doing voiceover >>>>> commands. >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>> 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, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> I tweet about music and accessibility at http://www.twitter.com/ >>>> vick08 >>>> or check my site at http://www.victortsaran.com >>>> --- >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. >>> Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com >>> Versie: 8.5.387 / Virusdatabase: 270.13.19/2244 - datum van uitgifte: >>> 07/17/09 18:00:00 >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
