Re: JAWS laptop key toggle question

  • From: <ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 20:58:51 -0500

Fantastic! Thanks forall that great workfor laptop/ desktop key setup toggle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Truong" <bnfiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 5:57 PM
Subject: RE: JAWS laptop key toggle question


> Hi,
>
> Of course you guys could create a laptop toggle key the quick and dirty =
> way
> by using Jaws scripting just like you were writing a macro.  In the =
> example
> below I have put this key on alt+shift+Control+l and I am toggling =
> between
> desktop and Laptop keyboard layout.  Any of you could modify this script =
> for
> your situation.  You could put the below script in your default.jss file =
> and
> recompile then assign a hotkey to it like the one I used above.
>
> ; *** start of script
>
> Script ToggleKeyboardLayout ()
> If SpeechInUse () then
> SpeechOff ()
> EndIf
> JAWSWindow ()
> {alt+o}Pause()
> {b}Pause()
> {Shift+Tab}Pause()
> {Shift+Tab}Pause()
> {Shift+Tab}Pause()
> {Shift+Tab}Pause()
> {Shift+Tab}Pause()
> If GetWord ()=3D=3D"Desktop" then
> {l}Pause()
> {enter}Pause()
> ElIf GetWord ()=3D=3D"Laptop" then
> {d}Pause()
> {enter}Pause()
> EndIf
> {alt+space}Pause()
> {n}
> If not SpeechInUse () then
> SpeechOn()
> EndIf
> EndScript
>
> ; *** End of Script
>
> David Truong
>
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>
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>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
> Behalf
> Of david poehlman
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 6:37 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: JAWS laptop key toggle question
>
>
> there is no quick way I know of to toggle from laptop to desktop mode, =
> but=20
> there is another laptop layout you might use.  The way laptop mode works =
> is=20
> that if you press and hold the laptop key and add the keys to be =
> modified=20
> such as p for jaws cursor and ; for pc cursor, it acts like the insert =
> key.=20
> If you want to perform as a caps lock toggle, you press it twice quickly =
> to=20
> enable caps lock and twice quickly to disable capslock.
>
> Johnnie Apple Seed
>
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: <ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:31 PM
> Subject: JAWS laptop key toggle question
>
>
> HI, all,
> I  am considering using a small  wireless  keyboard where I would need =
> to
> use the
> capslock  key to access the numbers via using capslock +  U for 4 and =
> cap +
> i   for 5 etc.
> It sounds as if this is the laptop JAWS key command structure.
> Can  one  imagine that there might be  a  conflict between JAWS  laptop
> commands and  this use of  keys on small keyboard?
> Also  is there a simple  toggleto move quickly between JAWS =
> regularly-used
> key commandsand JAWS laptop key commands?
> Many thanks.
> Keyboard is made by Sentek.
>
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