That would irritate me so much. Too bad it couldn't just go away with either a minor OS update or a firmware update. I'm interested to hear whether this is the same on the focus.
Best, Erik Burggraaf This month in Ebony Promos: Two new gps systems for demo. Mac OS Lion When will it be supported? Ebony Consulting at accessibility Unconference Toronto. To read more and subscribe, Visit: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/mailman/listinfo/ebony-promos_erik-burggraaf.com Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-09-08, at 8:32 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > The apex problems were confirmed by an hw rep. Basically, I would > select or add a command, then hit cmd-b and hear the sound that > indicates it is time to press the braille keys. When I did, nothing > happened; no assignments, no nothing. > > On 9/8/11, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hum, OK, for my tests I'm using a braille connect 32. As far as the >> delete goes, it's not possible in SL to perform a delete or a backspace or a >> carriage return from any braille display. I was able to assign all the >> navigation keys for paragraphs, words, sentences and such. There's also an >> assignable command to bring up the context menu. So, anything that's in the >> context menu such as copy, paste, and spelling suggestions can be accessed >> directly from the braille display. >> >> I was able to assign commands just fine with a focus blue, but I've never >> tried it with the classic focus. >> >> If you email me exactly what you were trying to assign and what steps you >> took, I might be able to spot something. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> This month in Ebony Promos: Two new gps systems for demo. Mac OS Lion When >> will it be supported? Ebony Consulting at accessibility Unconference >> Toronto. To read more and subscribe, Visit: >> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/mailman/listinfo/ebony-promos_erik-burggraaf.com >> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> On 2011-09-08, at 8:15 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: >> >>> Hello Erik. >>> Ok, this brings up another question. A while back, me and a lady with >>> AppleCare drove ourselves crazy trying to get assign VoiceOver commands to >>> keys on my Focus 40. We never did get it to work no matter what we did. >>> She got the answer from someone that this was not going to work and that >>> it would need to be fixed in a software update to VoiceOver. >>> >>> Now it sounds like you got your braille keys mapped to dVoiceOver commands >>> like delete, etc. How did you get it to work, or is this something that >>> works with some braille displays and not others? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gigi >>> o >>> On Sep 8, 2011, at 6:21 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: >>> >>>> Duh, What is this? I discovered I can add a function to my braille >>>> display called toggle selection. I added this and now when I am in text >>>> edit, I can start selecting on my braille display. Then I can use the >>>> nifty navigation commands I just set up to select words, sentences and so >>>> on. Then I can delete them, cut or copy them, and do all kinds of crazy >>>> cool stuff. So my annoyance arises when I start typing up a new email >>>> and in the message body edit toggle selection doesn't work. What >>>> happens? I get start selection. I select what I want. I get stop >>>> selection and when I turn selection off it either deselects everything or >>>> simply hasn't selected it in the first place. >>>> >>>> Anybody else run into this? It's really busted my bubble. I got so >>>> excited when it worked in text edit. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Erik Burggraaf >>>> This month in Ebony Promos: Two new gps systems for demo. Mac OS Lion >>>> When will it be supported? 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