Hi: Have you tried the laptop layout?
Here is a link to a set of mp3 files describing it. This is also available in a DAISY book through FS Reader. Here is the link; ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/LaptopKeysWithJAWS.zip Hope this helps. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Ed Culpepper via Talk Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 5:28 PM To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' Subject: Alternative for Insert as Awkward Jaws Modifier Key? Greeting WE Migrants - I am learning Jaws navigational keystrokes as I migrate from beloved WE to Jaws. Using the insert key as a primary Jaws modifier key is very awkward for me. On my keyboard the insert key is the top left key on the so-called "6-pack" of keys located just above the arrow keys. The Jaws command to begin "Say All" (like WE "Read to End") is Insert-down arrow. That requires an awkward contortion of my right hand or an inconvenient reach with my left hand for the insert key as I press the down arrow with my right hand. Other navigational commands use the insert key as the modifier with keys that are usually typed with fingers on the right hand. I am finding these keystroke combinations to be frustrating. Obviously Jaws users have been using this illogical keystroke combination for years. I must be missing something about how to do so efficiently. I have read about altering navigational keystrokes in Jaws, but I don't want to have to redesign the whole set of them. Bottom line is that I have a couple of questions: 1. Is there some alternative to the insert key as a primary modifier key for navigational keystrokes in Jaws? The WE Control-Alt combination with a single letter key was much more ergonomically efficient. To longtime Jaws users: I am looking to you for help or encouragement for the insert key awkwardness - any help? 2. Can I reprogram my computer or Windows 10 to recognize some key of my choosing to function as an additional insert key? For example, could I sacrifice the Control key on the left side of my keyboard to become an insert key to use as a modifier with keys typically typed with my right hand? I hope that I am not obsessing over what turns out with experience manipulating Jaws to be simply a curious quirk for a new user. Any help will be appreciated. Many thanks - Ed Culpepper _______________________________________________ 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/joseph.norton%40gmail.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/archive%40mail-archive.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
