Well, I learned a tip! Apparently I had filters key on, and all I had to do was hold down the right shift key for about 8 seconds, then listen for a bleep. It works now!
Thank you for your input, Sharon H. > On May 6, 2016, at 8:28 PM, Simon Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you have the machine setup as windows 10 in bootcamp try the following. > > Press the windows key or command key to bring up the start menu, > > Hit the arrow up key twice, > Hit enter, then up arrow again once and hit enter, > > This will restart your windows machine, > > This should probably work the same in fusion if you have it as a vm. > > This should then kill what ever ease of access setting you have there at the > time. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sharon Hooley > Sent: Saturday, 7 May 2016 2:15 PM > To: Mac Visionaries <[email protected]> > Subject: Unresponsive Laptop Mac Air Keyboard and Windows? > > Hi, > > I'm running Windows 10 using current or recent updated NVDA on a Mac book Air > with OS10. I was looking for a Windows keyboard setting in Ease of Access. > I may have done something by accident because all of a sudden, NVDA said > something like "edit", and the keyboard became unresponsive accept I heard > clicks as I tried to use it, at least for awhile. So, knowing that this is > a Mac email list, should it affect the Mac OS side? If not, how can we > manage to force it back to VoiceOver to use it? If this does the same to > Mac, what should I try there? If anyone understands Windows on that machine, > please read on. > > I got sighted help. She was able to get around on the trackpad but could not > seem to use the on-board keyboard. We played around in some keyboard > settings in Ease of Access, but so far no go. For some reason I don't > remember exactly, we didn't get anywhere with Troublesh As far as we know, > the keyboard is checked and the hardware is supposedly working properly. > Starting it up doesn't seem to make it work either. Anyone have an idea of > what we haven't covered, or are there sequential steps to try? > > Thanks much, > > Sharon H. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
