Hi again, Ok so I tried to remap keys in Fusion and can't get it to work. I get to a list of current mappings and press add. I'm then in a dialog where it seems I'm supposed to choose the key I want to press and then what I want it to map to. There are some checkboxes with all the modifier keys, I leave them unchecked. There's then a combobox which I press and then I get stuck. It seems like it's listening for whatever key I press but neither the grave key nor the insert key on my external keyboard are being picked up by this. Additionally the only way I can get out of this is to press command q to quit Fusion.
Is it possible to do these mappings with Voiceover? Or is it impossible, in which case I guess that's why people are using Sharp Keys. Will look for that podcast then, but it'd be good to hear if anyone has successfully remapped using Fusion preferences... Catherine On 3/9/14, Catherine Turner <catherineturner2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Ok, will go the easy route first and try remapping from Fusion. Have > you any idea why the caps lock works with NVDA? Seems odd as I > wouldn't have thought what programs are running inside the VM would > make a difference to whether osx passes through a key or not... > > Catherine > > On 3/9/14, Apple boy <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This is just so awesome! I honestly thought you absolutely needed Sharp >> Keys in order to use Windows on mac properly with screen readers. Now I >> see Fusion alone can do this, I will take the easy way out and use the >> remap settings in Fusion. Although I'm coming in late to this thread, >> I'd like to thank those for showing us this awesome tip. It may just >> encourage those who were discouraged previously, myself included, to >> re-visit Fusion again. >> >> Regards Chris >> >> Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! >> >> On 09/03/2014 13:46, Phil Halton wrote: >>> You're exactly right, OSX doesn't pass the caps lock key to the windows >>> VM. The workaround is to remap another key on the keyboard to act as a >>> caps lock or insert key. Many people remap the grave accent key (above >>> the >>> left tab key and below the escape key) to caps lock. >>> This can be done several ways, one way being the use of a windows >>> program >>> called "sharpkeys". . >>> Another way, is to remap the grave accent key to the insert key from >>> within fusion settings themselves, and then Jaws will respond to the >>> grave >>> accent key as though it were the jaws modifier key, either caps lock or >>> insert, whichever you setup. >>> >>> Remember, you can remap any key you want, but the grave accent is rarely >>> used, and so makes a good candidate for remapping. >>> >>> I am currently using the grave accent, remapped using SharpKeys, to act >>> as >>> a caps lock key with Jaws set to use the laptop keyboard with caps lock >>> as >>> modifier key. It works great for me. Although, I'm going to switch to >>> the >>> Fusion key remap method just to simplify things and eliminate the need >>> for >>> a program like sharpkeys. >>> >>> There is a podcast on how to use the sharpkeys program on applevis.com, >>> search for "sharpkeys" and it should come up in the search results. . It >>> can be a little tricky to understand and use the first time, so if you >>> need help and specific directions on its use, sing out. >>> >>> BTW: I find that keeping a full-sized Apple USB keyboard around is a big >>> help when using these remap procedures. I just plug it in and it gives >>> me >>> a insert key that jaws and NVDA will respond to as their modifier keys. >>> Its really indispensable when you start changing the modifier keys and >>> need both a caps lock and an insert key temporarily. >>> >>> For example, using the fusion method, I find I need that keyboard in >>> order >>> to have an actual insert key I can press when trying to make the fusion >>> key remap as there is no actual insert key on the apple portable >>> keyboards. >>> >>> >>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 7:07 PM, Catherine Turner >>> <catherineturner2...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm having some problems using JAWS in a virtual machine and wondering >>>> if anyone can help. >>>> >>>> I'm using JAWS 14 on Windows 7 via VMware. I usually use an external >>>> keyboard with my MacBook because I'm one handed. I normally use the >>>> desktop keyboard layout for JAWS but am without an external keyboard >>>> now. I'm wondering how people manage on the Mac keyboard with JAWS. >>>> My understanding is that JAWS should be able to use the caps lock as >>>> the JAWS key but I can't get this to work. I chose laptop layout from >>>> the keyboard layout in basic settings but whenever I press caps lock >>>> Voiceover just says caps lock on or off and JAWS acts if I'm not >>>> pressing the JAWS key e.g. if I press caps lock and t for title, JAWS >>>> just says t. It's as if the caps lock key isn't being passed through >>>> to Windows. But this is strange because it works properly when I use >>>> NVDA instead of JAWS. >>>> >>>> Can anyone help? Am I missing something? Any ideas why JAWS/Windows >>>> isn't picking up the caps lock? Any other way round it? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Catherine >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > Twitter: CTurner1980 > My blog: > http://catherineturner.wordpress.com > -- Twitter: CTurner1980 My blog: http://catherineturner.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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