I recently saw an assist computer with a keyboard and numb pad nice spacing between function keys for eight and 12. I would like to see that in a solid-state drive computer. Just my thoughts.
Jo Taliaferro On Nov 2, 2015, at 8:12 PM, Pamela Dominguez via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: On top of that, I had to find out how to change the action of the function keys, because the default was different. For anybody who has this, my tech found out that it is a toggle of function key escape that does this. Anyway, the configuration being different, there is a touchpad, but no six pack. The page up and down are to the left and right of the up arrow, making that look like a six pack, and the rest of the sixpack are in a row along the top. So when I use it, I have to do it slowly and be careful. Pam. -----Original Message----- From: Raj via Talk Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 3:40 PM To: Rick Jarvis ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: laptops and window-eyes I know, the Lenovo is not the best one for us, I use to work with some of the clients who had them, and had to advise the company/supplier to change it. was a nightmare for some people. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Jarvis via Talk" <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> To: "Pamela Dominguez" <geo...@optonline.net>; "Window-Eyes Discussion List" <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 3:30 PM Subject: Re: laptops and window-eyes > Is there any way to disable it? > >> On 11/2/2015 12:24 PM, Pamela Dominguez via Talk wrote: >> I just bought a Lenovo Thinkpad with a numberpad. It's thinner and >> somewhat lighter than my Dell that doesn't have one. But the keys are >> all squished together, so you have to watch out when you use it. The >> other thing that is annoying is that it has that awful finger print >> thing that's in the middle of everything and things happen when you >> accidentally touch it. Pam. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Chip Orange via Talk >> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 12:04 PM >> To: don bishop ; Window-Eyes Discussion List >> Subject: RE: laptops and window-eyes >> >> Hi Don, >> >> While Marilyn's point is a nice one, and I have such a Dell laptop at >> home with a numpad, it weighs about 5 pounds. If you want one which >> weighs around 2 pounds which you can easily carry around with you, I >> don't believe it will be possible to get one with a numpad on the keypad. >> >> Marilyn's suggestion of carrying around an external numpad is one way of >> dealing with this, but as she says, an awkward one. It's not the only >> one however; Window-Eyes does offer a laptop keyboard layout >> specifically for those keyboards which don't have numpads. They move >> all the functions which would be handled by a numpad on to other keys. >> >> Alternatively, instead of using the WE laptop layout, almost all laptops >> have a special key which make a group of keys centered around the j, k, >> and l keys act like they are a numpad when you hold down this special >> key. This is how I used WE with my previous Dell laptop which was >> smaller, and which did not have a numpad on its keyboard. I found this >> very easy to adapt to (actually easier than switching to the laptop >> layout), although you may need some sighted help (or support help from >> the manufacturer) initially to find the special key, and to know what >> keystrokes it generates when used with other keyboard keys. >> >> So, it all depends on what your needs are, and which keyboard you wish >> to purchase, and how you wish to adapt to not having a numpad if you >> want the smaller laptops; but don't think you could ever adjust to some >> different layout, it's much easier than you'd believe. >> >> Hth, >> >> Chip >> >> >> >> >> >> Chip Orange >> Florida Public Service Commission >> Computer Systems Analyst >> 850-413-6314 >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Talk >> [mailto:talk-bounces+corange=psc.state.fl...@lists.window-eyes.com] On >> Behalf Of don bishop via Talk >> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 12:21 PM >> To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com >> Subject: laptops and window-eyes >> >> Any suggestions for a laptop which works well with window-eyes? >> Thanks, >> Don >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/corange%40psc.state.fl.us. >> >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/geodom%40optonline.net. >> >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/r.jarvis53%40hotmail.com. >> >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rtrib%40rogers.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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