Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-23 Thread Chris Blouch
When working at my desk I actually plug in an external USB full size keyboard with a numeric keypad, backwards delete and home/end page up/down keys. Just easier that way. CB erik burggraaf wrote: Hi Anouk, The numpad is in deed optional, and there really isn't that much difference

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-21 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Anouk, When you buy your macbook it won't have a numpad. That means you won't be able to use the fn key and a key on your keyboard to turn hal's v-focus on and off if you decide to co-operate windows and mac OS in some way You could presumably buy an external number pad, but I don't

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-21 Thread erik burggraaf
Not until snowleppard gets here. erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 18-Jul-09, at 8:05 PM, peter Apgar wrote: Does the I phone's two finger flick read all command work on the new mbps? Thanks in

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-21 Thread erik burggraaf
No, but depending on how you use windows a numpad may greatly ficilitate things. If you use window-eyes for example, the mouse functions are extremely conveniently laid out on the numpad, which of course, you no longer have. I've gotten around this by switching to laptop layout, but i

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-20 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Will have to test this, but I'm hearing that in the latest version of Fusion, which is virtualization software, that the capslock key, does get passed through to the VM properly now. On Jul 18, 2009, at 11:57 PM, May and Wynter wrote: If I put windows on my mac machine when I get it, do

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-18 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Anowk, A numeric keypad is not necessary for VoiceOver, it's just another option. I prefer not to use one but I suspect I'm in the minority there. With VoiceOver, there is very rarely just one way of doing something. Very few of us have had any formal training in VoiceOver, so we tend

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, It is optional with a numpad, but it enhances it. Regards, Alex, On 18-Jul-09, at 5:02 AM, a radix wrote: Hi, Do you actually need the numeric keypad to use voicover? I thought it was optional. If it is optional then there is not much difference imo between using it on a laptop or

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, The older ones had them built in. But from what apple wrote on their site, plublically, they have made advances with the Trackpad and VO. REgards, Alex, On 18-Jul-09, at 5:34 AM, a radix wrote: Hey Erik, So there are no macbooks with numpad? Cant you buy an external one? I myself

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I probalbly will in Snow Leopard given what Apple has made public about it. Regards, Alex, On 18-Jul-09, at 5:05 PM, peter Apgar wrote: Does the I phone's two finger flick read all command work on the new mbps? Thanks in advance. Pete -Original Message- From:

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-18 Thread Esther
Hi Anouk, You don't need to use a numeric keypad with VoiceOver, but with Leopard you have another option of customizing your frequently used VoiceOver commands with the NumPad Commander. I did get a USB keypad, the Lenovo 33L3225 Numeric Keypad, so I could learn the NumPad Commander

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-18 Thread May and Wynter
Thanks very much. I keep this plus other messages regarding this for future reference. May, I'm ready for the stress to end. Off to Edmonton on the 25th. - Original Message - From: Esther mori...@mac.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:12 PM

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-18 Thread May and Wynter
Ok, I will keep this as well. I'm sure I'll need lots of help once I get my mac since I've always been a windows user. Looking forward to the change though. I want windows on the machine just until I completely get use to mac and not so afraid I'll blow something up, lol. Also, one site I

Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands?

2009-07-18 Thread Esther
Aargh! Yes, Mike is correct. The program you want in Spark to remap your keys. I've been answering too many different list questions lately. I mentioned Sharp Keys to answer a different question about how to bind a command to announce the time to a hot key. Too many different threads