Thank you very much, Ricardo, it worked! This does make life easier, though I 
still wish that I could invoke commands such as "Interact with" commands.

Nevertheless, your Quick Nav tip was perfect and again, thanks!

Best regards,

Mike

On 11,Jan,2012, at 11:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> 
> Remember that you can use quick nav with your bluetooth keyboard.  this is 
> what I do since I'm using a mini bluetooth keyboard.  Once quick nav is 
> enabled, you can use your arrow keys to work the rotor and activate items.
> 
> Ricardo Walker
> [email protected]
> Twitter:@apple2thecore
> www.appletothecore.info
> 
> On Jan 11, 2012, at 4:47 AM, Michael Busboom wrote:
> 
>> Hello Colin,
>> 
>> Thank you very much for your list of keyboard commands.  Unfortunately, my 
>> small Bluetooth keyboard apparently doesn't have a dedicated option key.  If 
>> I want to invoke the option key, I have to switch my keyboard to German and 
>> then use a modifier key with the letter 'y.' On a German keyboard, the 'y' 
>> is where the 'z' is on a U.S. keyboard.  When I switch my keyboard to 
>> English, I can't even find the Option Key.
>> 
>> Although it is almost impossible to simultaneously press the Command Option 
>> combination on my keyboard, I did succeed once but got no response from 
>> VoiceOver's Keyboard Help that the key combination I wanted had been 
>> properly entered.  I may need to go to an Apple store and look at other 
>> options.  Strange, though, since this particular Bluetooth keyboard was 
>> designed specifically for the iPhone.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10,Jan,2012, at 10:18 PM, Red.Falcon wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Michael!
>>> hth Colin
>>> 
>>> Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak
>>> 
>>> General navigation
>>> 
>>> Keys
>>> Action
>>> VO + left or right
>>> Select previous or next item
>>> VO + up or down
>>> Preforms or move to the selected rotor option
>>> VO + Space
>>> Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)
>>> VO + H
>>> Go to home screen
>>> VO + H 2 times
>>> Open/close multitask pane
>>> Escape
>>> Go back, cancel, close pop-up
>>> Cmd + Tab
>>> Switch to next app or hold Shift for previous
>>> VO + A
>>> Read all from first object in selected area
>>> VO + B
>>> Read all from selected item
>>> VO + M
>>> Move to status bar
>>> VO + I
>>> Open Item Chooser for current area
>>> VO + F
>>> Search and go to match with Enter
>>> VO + G
>>> Next search match, hold Shift for previous
>>> Handling VoiceOver
>>> 
>>> Keys
>>> Action
>>> Control
>>> Pause/resume speech
>>> VO + S
>>> Toggle speech off/on
>>> VO + Shift + S
>>> Toggle Screen Curtain on/off
>>> VO + Cmd + up or down
>>> Adjust the selected speech rotor option
>>> VO + Cmd + left or right
>>> Change the speech rotor setting
>>> VO + /
>>> Add label to selected item
>>> VO + K
>>> Start VoiceOver training, Escape to exit
>>> Quick Nav Commands
>>> 
>>> Turn on "Quick Nav" to use these commands by pressing left + right
>>> 
>>> Keys
>>> Action
>>> up + down
>>> Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)
>>> left or right
>>> Selects the previous or next item
>>> up or down
>>> Preforms or move to the selected rotor option
>>> up + left or right
>>> Change to next or previous rotor setting
>>> Option + left or right
>>> Move to next or previous horizontal screen/page
>>> Option + up or down
>>> Move/scroll up or down the screen/page
>>> Control + up or down
>>> Select the first or last item in the area
>>> Control + left or right
>>> Go to next or previous container/area
>>> Safari Web Shortcuts
>>> 
>>> Hold Shift for previous
>>> 
>>> Keys
>>> Action
>>> H
>>> Next heading
>>> 1 to 6
>>> Next respective heading level 1–6
>>> L
>>> Next link
>>> S
>>> Next text element
>>> W
>>> Next landmark
>>> R
>>> Next text field
>>> X
>>> Next list
>>> T
>>> Next table
>>> M
>>> Next element of same type
>>> I
>>> Next image
>>> B
>>> Next button
>>> C
>>> Next form element
>>> Text Field Commands
>>> 
>>> You must have "Quick Nav" off to use these commands.
>>> 
>>> When moving cursor, hold Shift to select/deselect text
>>> 
>>> Keys
>>> Action
>>> left or right
>>> Move cursor by character
>>> up or down
>>> Move cursor by row
>>> Option+ left or right
>>> Move cursor by word
>>> Control or Cmd + left or right
>>> Move cursor by phrase
>>> Cmd + A
>>> Select all
>>> Cmd + C
>>> Copy selection
>>> Cmd + X
>>> Cut selection
>>> Cmd + V
>>> Paste
>>> Cmd + Z
>>> Undo. Note: you can also shake the device
>>> Cmd + Shift + Z
>>> Redo. Note: you can also shake the device
>>> Eject
>>> Show/hide screen keyboard
>>> Other Keyboard Action
>>> 
>>> Keys
>>> Action
>>> VO + -
>>> Preforms special action
>>> Cmd + Space
>>> Change language keyboard layout
>>> F1
>>> Decrease screen brightness
>>> F2
>>> Increase screen brightness
>>> F7
>>> Previous song
>>> F8
>>> Pause/resume song
>>> F9
>>> Next song
>>> F10
>>> Mute sound
>>> F11
>>> Decrease volume
>>> F12
>>> Increase volume
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10 Jan 2012, at 20:21, Michael Busboom wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have recently acquired a Bluetooth keyboard with a tiny docking station 
>>>> to use with my iPhone 4 running IOS5.
>>>> 
>>>> While it is easy enough to enter text into an edit field, via the 
>>>> Bluetooth keyboard, I have been unable to cursor or arrow through a text 
>>>> that I am creating in order to insert or delete characters.  Thus far, I 
>>>> have accomplished this task by moving the insertion point using the 
>>>> VoiceOver commands on the touch screen.  I am wondering if there is a way 
>>>> to move through an edit field, character-by-character using the right and 
>>>> left arrow keys on the small Bluetooth keyboard.  Fortunately, the 
>>>> backspace key is working.  Besides working with edit fields, are there 
>>>> other ways to invoke most VO commands using the keyboard instead of the VO 
>>>> gestures?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you all very much,
>>>> 
>>>> Mike
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