Hi Donna, I haven't had too much time to play with the sense. Not long after I got it working finally, the company whose demo unit I had commandeered decided they wanted to sell it and switch to an apex demo. I'll do my best though.
You wrote: 1. I seem to be interacting with things a lot--like the messages table--without actually issuing the command to interact. Have you seen this? Any work around? Try this. Press control option f8 for the voiceover control panel. Press n for navigation. Tab to automaticly interact when using the tab key and if it is checked, press space to uncheck it. Let me know how that goes. You wrote: > . On a similar note, Quicknav also seems to be being activated without me > deliberately activating it. At least, my scroll buttons start behaving as > though Quicknav is turned on for no apparent reason. Any thoughts? I wish I had a satisfactory answer for this, but unfortunately I don't. It has been known to happen without braille display. Some times for no reason that anyone can pinpoint, quicknav turns itself on. It doesn't ever seem to work the other way around oddly enough. I didn't experience this while I was playing with the sense, but again, I didn't work on it for very long. Best I can do is speculate that the two issues are related. You wrote: > 3. How do I read email messages? I can see the messages in my message > table, but so far have not found a way to actually read a message. Well, since you can't issue command J from the braille display, you might try pressing a router key above the message you want to read. This will open the message in it's own window and allow you to read it. Then you'll have to navigate to the close button and press it since you can't issue command W from the braille display. I've talked to apple about this. Not being able to issue system or program keys from the display is very crippling. Finally you wrote: I have looked at the Commands in the Commands table, but I'm not finding answers there. That table is just a small portion of the commands available to you. There are hundreds. If you push the add button it will open up a whole new world of braille display useage for you. One thing that helped me no end was to set up braille display keys that act as the for arrow keys. You can find these options under the braille menu in the hotkeys dialog. I did this for a braille connect. Not sure what you would use on the sense, but having system arrow keys on my display instead of direction arrows for the voiceover curser has enriched my braille experience no end. Hope this helps, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-02-02, at 2:54 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Erik, > > I finally got around to trying this out, and I have a few questions. So far > I've only been playing around with using the mail app, so my questions > pertain to that. > > 1. I seem to be interacting with things a lot--like the messages > table--without actually issuing the command to interact. Have you seen this? > Any work around? > > 2. On a similar note, Quicknav also seems to be being activated without me > deliberately activating it. At least, my scroll buttons start behaving as > though Quicknav is turned on for no apparent reason. Any thoughts? > > 3. How do I read email messages? I can see the messages in my message > table, but so far have not found a way to actually read a message. > > I have looked at the Commands in the Commands table, but I'm not finding > answers there. thanks for any help. > Best, > Donna > On Feb 2, 2011, at 9:20 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> Hi, to connect your braille sense first remove the current paring you have >> set up. >> Then switch on your braille sense and turn on terminal for screen readers >> which is located in the utilities section if memory serves correctly. >> Press control option f8 to open the voiceover utility. >> Press the letter B or arrow down to braille. >> Press control option right arrow until you get to displays tab, then press >> control option space on it. >> Tab to the add bluetooth display button and press space. >> Press enter to initiate the pairing and enter your passcode which I believe >> is 4 0's on that display. >> >> You're done. The sense should come up brailling. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> User support consultant, >> Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, >> 1-888-255-5194 >> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> On 2011-02-02, at 8:56 AM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: >> >>> Hello guys, >>> >>> I have two questions I hope some of you can help me with. (1. How do I >>> reply to a specific question within a message threat, so my feedback can >>> appear under particular questions and/or comments? (2. What is the process >>> of connecting my Braille Sense 32 to my iMac so it can be used as a >>> display. I currently have my device connected via bluetooth, but I am >>> unsure of what to do from here. I have reviewed the archives, but i was not >>> finding sufficient responses. >>> >>> Thanks to anyone who can help with these questions - stay warm across the >>> country. 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