Thanks for your testimonial. I am finding use of the numpad insert key to be handy with navigational controls and reading with "Say All." I have read through the table of Jaws keystroke controls. I haven't tried them all, but I anticipate difficulty with the combinations requiring the insert key and letters typically typed with the right hand. I have not yet experimented with using the Caps-lock key as a left-hand alternative to the right-hand 2 insert keys (6-pack and numpad). I'll try that next! Thanks for your help. Still climbing the learning curve.... Ed Culpepper
J. Edward Culpepper Huntsville, Alabama, USA Check out my weekly devotional blog, Blind Faith, at: http://www.blindfaith.fbchsv2.org -----Original Message----- From: ratshtron [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 4:45 PM To: Ed Culpepper; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Alternative for Insert as Awkward Jaws Modifier Key? hmmm, i always use numpad insert plus numpad8 for jawskey plus downarrow with no trouble at all. numpad 4 is left arrow, numpad2 is uparrow, and numpad6 is right arrow. Legend has it that on Monday 5/22/2017 04:09 PM, Ed Culpepper via Talk said: ---------------------------------------- >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/northstarr195 0%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 ---------------------------------------- --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ 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
