[mac4theblind] Re: Kind of weird problems with VMWare fusion
- From: "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:23:15 -0800
It is free
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> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert Poehlman
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 09:06
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> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Kind of weird problems with VMWare fusion
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> ah, thanks, but what is the cost of ownership?
> if I can do what I need in the os, why buy and learn a new roduct and I
> hear it may not be all that accessible. does it work well with vo?
>
> On Feb 18, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Christohper-Mark Gilland wrote:
>
> Sharpkeys is free, David, or is that not what you meant.
>
> Chris.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hilbert Poehlman"
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> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 7:37 AM
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Kind of weird problems with VMWare fusion
>
>
> yet another app to pay for and keep track of. Sliced bread is free.
>
> On Feb 18, 2012, at 12:37 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>
> Use sharp keys. That is the best thing since sliced bread. you can
> remap keys to what ever you want. Not the caps lock key but it works.
>
> You can also remap from with in vmware but that part is not usable by
> us.
>
> Tc all.
> On Feb 16, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Christohper-Mark Gilland wrote:
>
> > This is kind of strange. I installed xp in a VM, and then installed
> jfw 12. I told jaws to use the laptop keyboard layout, and obviously to
> use the caps lock key as the jaws key within the laptop layout. Well,
> even when the vm is in full screen view, and the vm machine has grabbed
> control of my keyboard, OSX still seems to be, while Voiceover is
> enabled, taking control of my caps lock turning it on/off rather than
> letting jfw have it. I dont' have an insert key as I don't have
> anything more than the macbook keyboard. Also, unless voiceover is
> turned off, my right arrow key refuses to work. Up, down, and left
> work, but not the right arrow key. I know! Right? Totally! Bizarre,
> huh! When I hit capslock F11 to bring up my system tray, it took me
> into Dashboard. I will say I have reassigned F11 to open my dashboard,
> in order to avoid a key conflict with ProTools, as F12 is the key to
> record. Having said this, I do have it set where by default my
> function keys act as software keys, not hardware. Meaning, I don't
> have to push fn unless I want to do hardware things like volume, mute,
> brightness, etc.
> >
> > The only way I'm getting it where jaws even sort of seeds the caps
> lock as the jaws key is to hit command F5 and turn voiceover off when
> using the vm. I suppose I can get Sharpkeys, and install it in the vm,
> then assign a key as being mapped to act as the insert key, then in
> jfw, tell it in the laptop layout to use the extended insert key as the
> jaws key and pull it off that way, but Gosh darnit, there has just got!
> to be an easier way! Surely there is something! Somewhere! I'm missing!
> I'm totally baffled like hell over here!
> >
> > Please someone help, as I'd really like to get this up and working so
> I can show my company who'll be leaving in the next few days.
> >
> > Chris.
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