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
/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands? Hi Anouk, The numpad is in deed optional, and there really isn't that much difference between using vo on a laptop or desktop configuration. Although having said that, my disgust at not having a numpad on my laptop keybord

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

2009-07-21 Thread erik burggraaf
in advance. Pete -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Jurgensen Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac

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

2009-07-21 Thread erik burggraaf
@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:29 PM Subject: Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands? 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

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

2009-07-20 Thread Dan Eickmeier
/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands? 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

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

2009-07-18 Thread a radix
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 a pc... Greetings, Anouk, - Original Message - From: Victor Tsaran vtsa...@gmail.com To:

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
@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:19 PM Subject: Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands? Hi Anouk, The numpad is in deed optional, and there really isn't that much difference between using vo on a laptop or desktop configuration

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

2009-07-18 Thread Alex Jurgensen
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Jurgensen Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands? Hi, It is optional with a numpad

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
: Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands? Hi May, No, you don't need to have a numeric keypad if you want to put Windows on your Mac. The usual issue is that people who put Windows onto curremt Mac laptops using VMWare Fusion end up having to remap the JAWS

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

2009-07-18 Thread May and Wynter
...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:41 PM Subject: Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands? Hi there Mike H here. Mabey I can ancer your question about they laptop key mapping. I am running window's xp under a VM. I have

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

2009-07-18 Thread Esther
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:29 PM Subject: Re: mac/voiceover on a laptopRe: does reading on the mac take two hands? 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