Hi Erik, I have the same trouble on the Braillino. What is the space plus D 1 2 and 3? I'm confused. I saw it in the dialog you spoke of appearing in the VoiceOver Braille panel, but I don't understand how to assign keys without interacting with the text. I understand what you want, and I think it's a great idea. I hope you can create something that will work like that. I know when I proofread my messages with the Braillino, I have to interact with the message by pressing VO shift down arrow, and then I can use the controls on the Braillino to scroll line by line and correct spelling mistakes typos etc. I hope this helps, or maybe I have confused you. Have a great evening.
Musically, Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:23 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi, I'm just hacking my braille connect to try and maximize the controller > options and make it more comfortable for me to use as a full braille > controller. > > I want it to emulate my computer. For example, I have reset the joystick on > the bc32 so that it performs the functions of the up down left and right > arrow keys, as opposed to the standard move lest right up and down. > > Now, what I would appreciate and find most helpful is if I could have a new > custom key dialog box added to the custom menu of the key assignments. > > I'm not really sure what to call this great dialog box, since custom is > already taken by the menu, but it would work like this. You input a key on > the key board, the up arrow for example. Then you have checkboxes for each > of the command, option, control, and fn keys. You check the appropriate > combination of modifier keys. I want command up arrow assigned to > space+d1+d2+d3 for example. > > Command up arrow and command down arrow are the standard mac OS keyboard > shortcuts to take me to the top and bottom of a text area such as this edit > box where I am typing a message. I'm just typing along, not interacting or > any of that nonsense and if I want to read what I've written from the top I > can press command up arrow to go to the beginning of what I've just typed, > and then I can either read line by line with the arrows, Or I can read on the > display. So, I like command up arrow and command down arrow, and I just want > to tell my braille controller that when I press space+d1+d2+d3, or > space+d4+d5+d6, it means do that thing. I feel the same way about option up > and down arrow, option left and right arrow, and control left and right > arrow. Or how about tab, command tab, shift tab and command shift tab. > > I have fiddled with a lot of navigation key assignments that should emulate > what I want, but the fact of the matter is, they all rely on interacting with > each and every object in order to work effectively. I wouldn't normally > interact with things more than %10 or %15 of the time, mostly scroll areas or > html frames or some issues involving group mode on the web. Interacting with > every single item on the screen to make it work defeats the power and purpose > of interacting and so I only do when it's called for. In braille display > world, I currently have to interact with every object I am working on to make > it behave which is obnoxious and could be completely avoidable by allowing a > braille controller to more closely emulate the computer. > > best, > > Erik Burggraaf > User support consultant, > One on one access technology support and training over the phone or in person, > 1-888-255-5194 > http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
