I agree with your note in all aspects.. but I probably couldn't have said it as well. Tiff ----- Original Message ----- From: "ptorpey" <ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 1:20 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: space key in entering braille mode > My vote is to keep the chord F command for entering find on the braille > keyboard. This is a good mnemonic for remembering how to get into this > mode. As the braille options may expand later on, such simple one > letter mnemonics will easily fit into this scheme without the user > having to memorize lots of other seemingly random key combinations. > > On the other hand, I can understand how this chording operation would be > tricky for folks with mobility problems - it took a bit of practice for > me and I don't have such issues, but now its fine. So, it might be a > good idea to have an alternate way of performing some functions. Of > course, now that I think about it, the regular find function (i.e., > marking the beginning and ending of text) isn't so bad if one really > cannot navigate the braille keyboard. So, there is already an > alternative for folks with mobility problems. > > Also, I do like the idea of a key learn mode. Especially as more > functions and layers are added, it isn't always time efficient to try > and find the relevant sections of the manual, even if it is now much > easier to get to and from help. Almost all adaptive equipment has such > a learn mode these days. Maybe instead of using more memory, the help > messages for each key could be put on the CF card somewhat like the > manual is now. Thus, if a key were pressed in key learn mode, the > software would only need to store a pointer to a longer and helpful > message. > > > -- Pete > > > --- original message > > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:16:13 -0400 > From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [bookport] Re: space key in entering braille mode > > That is true. Apparently, this is a hardware limitation. We are > thinking = of changing the command to 7+8+9. What do you think? > >