Thanks Phil, those instructions worked perfectly Catherine
On 3/10/14, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Cathrine, > > I encountered the same problem of getting stuck in the combo box. I found a > way to do the remapping of any key in the "to" combo box to the grave > accent key. Here's what needs to be done. > > 1) VO to the first shift check box and park the mouse on it by pressing > VO+command+ F5. > 2) VO right arrow to the first combo box and press the grave accent key. > Don't open the combo box with VO Space, just move to it and press the accent > key. > 3) Now VO right arrow to the next combo box and here you do want to open the > box, so press VO Space on it. That'll bring up a list. arrow down and back > up to select the insert key in the list. > 4) now to get out of that list, you need to turn of VoiceOver with command > F5, then do a mouse click by pressing down on the mouse pad (careful not to > move the mouse, just press straight down on the pad). > 5) turn VoiceOver back on and you'll be out of the combo box and you can use > VO right and left arrows to read your selections and make sure they're > right. then move to and click the ok button. > 6) back in the previous screen , the table should now contain your remap. > You can uncheck the "enable remappings" checkbox and the remap will remain > in the table, but won't be active if for any reason you don't want to use it > but don't want to delete it. > > BTW: There's no particular significance to parking the mouse on the shift > checkbox, you just need to have it parked on some element so when you click > the mouse after shutting off VO, it'll snap the system out of that weird > combbo box situation. I successfully followed this procedure twice to test > it out and make sure it works before sending the message. > Good Luck. > > > > > On Mar 9, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Catherine Turner > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>>> <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> 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. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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