[jaws-uk] Re: jaws key change

  • From: "yvonne oliver" <yvonne.oliver@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 13:36:32 -0000

hello Amro
thank you for reply
when i was sighted i found a laptop keyboard easy to use and locate the keys.
however since going blind this is not as easy for me now.
i find that when i go to press a key on a laptop keyboard thinking it is in the 
same place as a standard 101 keyboard i find i hit the wrong character.
net books are even worse especially when i go to find the navigation keys.
probably because net books have 2 extra keys 1 either side of the up down left 
and right keys also referred to as an upside down t.
now you say about setting jaws to laptop keyboard mode.
if i did that will all the keys on this keyboard that i am using to type this 
email still work in the same way?
or will they work in the position they are on a laptop.
and  as a matter of interest how do i change the keyboard layout.
i know not much about  using jaws and even less when it comes to configuring 
and jaws set up modes.
Yvonne
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amro Bilal 
  To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 12:55 PM
  Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: jaws key change


  LOL! I've been a Jaws user for ten years and I never knew that the zero 
button doubles as  the Jaws key!! With this revelation the Jaws desktop layout 
makes sense! Well, sort off still! LOL!

  Yvonne, switch to laptop layout then you can use the caps lock button as the 
Jaws key as well.

    I know I said this before, but I really still don't know why Jaws has a 
desktop layout. With the laptop layout you return all the functionality of the 
desktop layout, but in addition, you can use the caps lock as the Jaws key. 
Using caps lock and the insert keys as the Jaws key makes using the keyboard 
much easier. Think of the Jaws key and f7 or f11... at least that what I think!

    Best,
    Amro
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: yvonne oliver 
    To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 2:13 AM
    Subject: [jaws-uk] jaws key change


    hi 
    i would like to change the jaws key to something else as i use the numeric 
keypad frequently.
    i keep forgetting to change from num loc on and off.
    can someone tell me how to change the key?
    and of course can it be reversed back to the zero on the numeric keypad if 
i feel this was not such a good idea to change it.
    1 last question is there any keys i can't use?
    i would like to use the caps lock key as this is rarely used for anything
    thank you

    Yvonne
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: john coley 
      To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 8:10 PM
      Subject: [jaws-uk] answer to problem with blacktoe


      Hi everybody, re the recent post about inability to access the ice grips 
page on the blacktoe website. I assume the person is using IE8. If you add the 
site to compatibility view in the tools menu it works fine.
                          John.

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