You don’t really have to turn off VoiceOver, but it’s generally best if you do. This is mainly due to the fact that VO specific keystrokes, and in fact any keystrokes where CONTROL and OPTION are held down, won’t be passed to Windows. For example, if you have CONTROL+ALT+J set up to open up your Windows screen reader, that command won’t work while VoiceOver is on because the system will interpret that key as a VoiceOver command.
In general you can use Windows exactly the same way that you normally would. The COMMAND KEY acts as your WINDOWS KEY, while the OPTION KEY acts as your ALT KEY. This includes installing your screen reader any normal way that you usually would, such as downloading an executable file, opening File Explorer, navigating to the folder where that executable file is stored, then hit ENTER to start the install. The only thing you’ll probably have to do is remap one of the keys on your keyboard to act as your screen reading key, because CAPS LOCK doesn’t get passed through to your virtual machine by default. The common practice has been to remap a key like the GRAVE ACCENT KEY to become an INSERT KEY, which you can do in VMWare’s preferences. As well, with third party software you can also use the CAPS LOCK KEY as your screen reading key, a method I’ve covered recently on this list. If you search the archives, you can find information about both of these methods. If you’re stuck, feel free to reply and we’ll provide more information. I have really been meaning to document all of this in an article or something so it’s easy to find. I got started with VMWare mostly with trial and error until I found what works best. Grant On Apr 29, 2015, at 10:56 AM, Dionipher Presas Herrera <[email protected]> wrote: hello, i think i alrady installed windows on vm ware fusion on my mac, but i dont know how to install independently my jaws on it. do i have to turn off voice over? -- 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.
