Ah, I see. I do use the shift keys but it still didn’t work. Well I know MUD clients can work, Mudder worked well, but hasn’t been updated in years, is slow, crashes a lot, and is not advanced at all. So if you ever get to working on one again, I’d be glad to test it. > On Aug 27, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Tyler Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > The shift key actually does work, it’s just that Keystroke (customizable by > the user preferences) expects you to use the correct shift (i.e. the left > shift for keys in the right hand and the right shift for keys in the left > hand). > > Press COMMAND + , (command comma) to bring up the user preferences, navigate > to the “Lesson” tab and uncheck “Require correct (left/right) shift keys” to > disable this feature. > > I had at one point worked on an accessible MUD client, it worked alright but > didn’t use VoiceOver it just used a speech synthesizer. I abandoned the > project after a while though as life got in the way. >> On Aug 27, 2015, at 15:58, Devin Prater <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I have one huge bug. The shift key doesn’t work, so it always gives errors. >> Now, if only you could make an accessible MUD client, lol. >>> On Aug 27, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Tyler Thompson <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I’m aware that there are many people looking for an accessible typing >>> program for the mac. I’m proud to say that today the agency I work for (The >>> New Mexico Commission For The Blind) has released a cross-platform typing >>> program called Keystroke. You can download it from our website here >>> <http://www.cfb.state.nm.us/Keystroke.html>. It is in it’s early stages but >>> has some promising results and as the developer I’d be willing to listen to >>> any feature requests you all might have. Most importantly this software is >>> now and always will be 100% free. I’ll outline some of it’s features below. >>> >>> >>> Keystroke works with various braille displays, making it one of the first >>> typing programs that can be used with the deaf-blind (or non-native english >>> speakers). >>> Default lessons that were built based on a lot of in-class research to give >>> the best chance of learning to type correctly. >>> The ability to use the correct (left/right) shift keys. >>> Along with this Keystroke has the ability to make sure that students are >>> using the caps lock key correct (thus eliminating the caps + letter + caps >>> syndrome) >>> Completely customizable lessons (so you can add, or edit your own lessons >>> to your hearts desire). >>> Along with this comes the “Lesson calculator” which is designed to give you >>> feedback on your custom lessons, how complex they are, how long it’ll take >>> a student to type them etc..) >>> The ability to import/export lessons. So if you create lessons you’d like >>> to share or someone else has made some you think are cool it’s very easy to >>> open them and use them with Keystroke. >>> Because of it’s compatibility with braille displays it can be used to test >>> Braille writing speeds. >>> It learns from you as you type and gives useful feedback via the “Keyboard >>> Assistant” (This can even provide directional feedback such as: “The j key >>> is 2 keys to the right”) >>> Designed to work natively with VoiceOver >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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