Many thanks for your recommendation. It comes with high confidence based on your expertise. Thanks, too, for the tutorials. I worked back through all of them again today and finished saving the transcripts -- all while using Jaws. I'm getting there! Laptop laut will be tomorrow's experiment.
Ed Culpepper -----Original Message----- From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 7:51 PM To: Ed Culpepper; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Alternative for Insert as Awkward Jaws Modifier Key? FWIW, I use the laptop layout on both laptop keyboards as well as full size keyboards. The nice thing is that I don't lose the functionality of the number pad even with the laptop layout. Yet, I gain so much more flexibility. I would recommend this for many users. -- Raul A. Gallegos Assistive Technology Trainer - RGA Tech Solutions Voice and Text: 832.554.7285 Office: 832.639.4477 Personal Email: [email protected] Work Email: [email protected] Twitter: @rga7285 and @RGATrainer “Any teacher that can be replaced wtith a computer, deserves to be.” - David Thornburg On 5/23/2017 9:39 AM, Ed Culpepper via Talk wrote: > I have not tried the laptop layout. I will check out that possibility. I have > not loaded Jaws on my laptop yet, but I certainly will be doing so. I can > anticipate that using the same keyboard layout on both my desktop and laptop > could be advantageous. Using the same keystrokes regardless of which computer > I am using seems more simple and efficient. > Thanks for the suggestion and link. > Ed Culpepper > > J. Edward Culpepper > Huntsville, Alabama, USA > > Check out my weekly devotional blog, Blind Faith, at: > <http://www.blindfaith.fbchsv2.org/> http://www.blindfaith.fbchsv2.org > > From: Joseph Norton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 11:04 PM > To: Ed Culpepper; Window-Eyes Discussion List > Subject: RE: Alternative for Insert as Awkward Jaws Modifier Key? > > 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 <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows > 10 > > From: Ed Culpepper via Talk <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 5:28 PM > To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' <mailto:[email protected]> > 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/raul%40raulgallegos.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. 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