It’s s-chord (dots 2-3-4-space). I just use the panning keys to display different areas of the menu bar, and then use the cursor-routing keys on the item I want. sometimes this doesn’t work, and I have to use dot 4-chord and dot 1-chord to navigate through the menus
HtH, teresa "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."--Groucho Marx On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > True duys, but I know I can get to the menu with my braille display. I c' > remember how to do it on a Focus 40 although I had one. Can anyone remember > what the braille keyboard command is for going to the menu and using left and > right arrows. I found that useful when I was somewhat away from my computer. > On my Braille Edge, it has some keys on it that will bring up Spotlight and > the menus and the dock. That may help some. For instance, space dd sign will > bring up the dock. Space question mark will let you interact and space low j > will stop interacting. Do you have a list of braille key commands that are > already in place? > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Daniel Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> Teresa is correct, you have to do a lot of customizing in order to get your >> focus display to work as your keyboard. Unfortunately, you will have to use >> your keyboard more than you would like to. That's just the nature of the >> beast. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Admittedly, yes, I’m also using a keyboard. My opinion is that you’ll >>> probably have to do quite a lot of customizing to use a Braille display as >>> a primary keyboard. >>> >>> For switching apps, I’d probably map a braille keystroke to VO-applications >>> list. (VO-f1 twice quickly)I don’t think there’s an easy way to map one to >>> command-tab. >>> >>> HtH, >>> Teresa >>> >>> "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too >>> dark to read."--Groucho Marx >>> >>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Kristeen Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Okay, I look and I don't see some things that seem to be rather importatn. >>>> For example, if you are wanting to switch from one open app to another, >>>> how do you do it with the display. Are you using a keyboard along with the >>>> display? >>>> >>>> Kristeen >>>> >>>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, Kristeen, >>>>> >>>>> I have a focus 40 Blue and use it constantly with Mavericks. I haven’t >>>>> tried assigning keystrokes for selecting text, etc. but there’s a good >>>>> chance it can be done. In the vO utility, you can go to Braille and view >>>>> the assigned commands for your Braille display and modify or assign new >>>>> ones. There’s a lot of stuff in there, so have fun exploring. :) >>>>> >>>>> HtH, >>>>> Teresa >>>>> >>>>> "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham >>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:31 AM, Kristeen Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This may have been discussed before, but I have to try again. I would >>>>>> like to use my Focus 40 Blue with my Mac Mini. I would prefer not to >>>>>> have to use another keyboard along with it. Are there any ways to add >>>>>> important keystrokes like switching between open programs and closing a >>>>>> window or program, etc? Along with that is it truly possible to cut and >>>>>> paste and manipulate text? Of someone wants to address this stuff off of >>>>>> the list, that's cool. >>>>>> >>>>>> Kristeen >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 6:43 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi guys >>>>>>> I had so many problems I had to go back to mountain kitty. They weren't >>>>>>> just with my braille display, which I reported is doing fine yesterday. >>>>>>> However, today I couldn't even navigate properly in TextEdit. I >>>>>>> couldn't even tell what I'd selected to the end of the text didn't tell >>>>>>> me. I was getting too many finder busy messages also, and I couldn't >>>>>>> always navigate and tell where I was. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I had to call that 877 number, and he is checking for me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards and a little stressed, but this is computers were talking about, >>>>>>> Gigi >>>>>>> Eugenia Firth >>>>>>> [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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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