USB keypads that work with Jaws?
- From: "Robert Englebretson" <renglebr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:51:21 -0500
Hi,
I'm a laptop user, but prefer to use regular numpad commands in Jaws rather
than the laptop layout. I recently purchased an external USB numeric keypad
for this purpose (Belkin model F8E466) but it turns out that the numpad-5
key on this model of keypad does not send a keypress event when the numlock
is off. In other words, none of the JFW commands using numpad-5 work on
this keypad, since the computer doesn't even receive a signal that a key has
been pressed. I contacted Belkin, and they said their keypad in fact does
not support the non-numeric state of the numpad 5 key. That's odd, since
I've been using Belkin external full keyboards for years, and the numpad-5
on their full keyboards works fine. There are a couple of other models of
USB numeric keypads out there (I'm particularly looking at one from Targus
which has a retractable cord), but I wanted to check with folks on the list
before I buy another one, since I'd like to get one that actually works.
Note that I'm not wanting this for numeric data entry (the Belkin would do
fine for that!), but for Jaws commands.
If you are using an external USB numeric keypad to control Jaws on a laptop,
and if this keypad works for you (especially the numpad 5 key) please e-mail
me the brand and model number of the keypad you're using.
--Robert Englebretson
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