Chris, I think Kawal's instructions were written before Mavericks, and like a lot of other things, Mavericks has added a few twists. Kawal's instructions work fine and are correct in their general procedure, its just the little wrinkles that Mavericks has added, like getting into and out of those combo boxes that needed tweaking. On Mar 10, 2014, at 3:58 AM, Apple boy <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all > So are you saying the instructions posted don't actually work? I'm talking > about the one that was forwarded to here. > > > Regards Chris > > Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! > > On 10/03/2014 00:08, Phil Halton wrote: >> Hello Cathrine, >> >> I encountered the same problem of getting stuck in the combo box. I found a >> way to do the remapping of any key in the "to" combo box to the grave >> accent key. Here's what needs to be done. >> >> 1) VO to the first shift check box and park the mouse on it by pressing >> VO+command+ F5. >> 2) VO right arrow to the first combo box and press the grave accent key. >> Don't open the combo box with VO Space, just move to it and press the accent >> key. >> 3) Now VO right arrow to the next combo box and here you do want to open the >> box, so press VO Space on it. That'll bring up a list. arrow down and back >> up to select the insert key in the list. >> 4) now to get out of that list, you need to turn of VoiceOver with command >> F5, then do a mouse click by pressing down on the mouse pad (careful not to >> move the mouse, just press straight down on the pad). >> 5) turn VoiceOver back on and you'll be out of the combo box and you can use >> VO right and left arrows to read your selections and make sure they're >> right. then move to and click the ok button. >> 6) back in the previous screen , the table should now contain your remap. >> You can uncheck the "enable remappings" checkbox and the remap will remain >> in the table, but won't be active if for any reason you don't want to use it >> but don't want to delete it. >> >> BTW: There's no particular significance to parking the mouse on the shift >> checkbox, you just need to have it parked on some element so when you click >> the mouse after shutting off VO, it'll snap the system out of that weird >> combbo box situation. I successfully followed this procedure twice to test >> it out and make sure it works before sending the message. >> Good Luck. >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 9, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Catherine Turner >> <catherineturner2...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi again, >>> >>> Ok so I tried to remap keys in Fusion and can't get it to work. I get >>> to a list of current mappings and press add. I'm then in a dialog >>> where it seems I'm supposed to choose the key I want to press and then >>> what I want it to map to. There are some checkboxes with all the >>> modifier keys, I leave them unchecked. There's then a combobox which >>> I press and then I get stuck. It seems like it's listening for >>> whatever key I press but neither the grave key nor the insert key on >>> my external keyboard are being picked up by this. Additionally the >>> only way I can get out of this is to press command q to quit Fusion. >>> >>> Is it possible to do these mappings with Voiceover? Or is it >>> impossible, in which case I guess that's why people are using Sharp >>> Keys. Will look for that podcast then, but it'd be good to hear if >>> anyone has successfully remapped using Fusion preferences... >>> >>> Catherine >>> >>> On 3/9/14, Catherine Turner <catherineturner2...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> Ok, will go the easy route first and try remapping from Fusion. Have >>>> you any idea why the caps lock works with NVDA? Seems odd as I >>>> wouldn't have thought what programs are running inside the VM would >>>> make a difference to whether osx passes through a key or not... >>>> >>>> Catherine >>>> >>>> On 3/9/14, Apple boy <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> This is just so awesome! I honestly thought you absolutely needed Sharp >>>>> Keys in order to use Windows on mac properly with screen readers. Now I >>>>> see Fusion alone can do this, I will take the easy way out and use the >>>>> remap settings in Fusion. Although I'm coming in late to this thread, >>>>> I'd like to thank those for showing us this awesome tip. It may just >>>>> encourage those who were discouraged previously, myself included, to >>>>> re-visit Fusion again. >>>>> >>>>> Regards Chris >>>>> >>>>> Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! >>>>> >>>>> On 09/03/2014 13:46, Phil Halton wrote: >>>>>> You're exactly right, OSX doesn't pass the caps lock key to the windows >>>>>> VM. The workaround is to remap another key on the keyboard to act as a >>>>>> caps lock or insert key. Many people remap the grave accent key (above >>>>>> the >>>>>> left tab key and below the escape key) to caps lock. >>>>>> This can be done several ways, one way being the use of a windows >>>>>> program >>>>>> called "sharpkeys". . >>>>>> Another way, is to remap the grave accent key to the insert key from >>>>>> within fusion settings themselves, and then Jaws will respond to the >>>>>> grave >>>>>> accent key as though it were the jaws modifier key, either caps lock or >>>>>> insert, whichever you setup. >>>>>> >>>>>> Remember, you can remap any key you want, but the grave accent is rarely >>>>>> used, and so makes a good candidate for remapping. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am currently using the grave accent, remapped using SharpKeys, to act >>>>>> as >>>>>> a caps lock key with Jaws set to use the laptop keyboard with caps lock >>>>>> as >>>>>> modifier key. It works great for me. Although, I'm going to switch to >>>>>> the >>>>>> Fusion key remap method just to simplify things and eliminate the need >>>>>> for >>>>>> a program like sharpkeys. >>>>>> >>>>>> There is a podcast on how to use the sharpkeys program on applevis.com, >>>>>> search for "sharpkeys" and it should come up in the search results. . It >>>>>> can be a little tricky to understand and use the first time, so if you >>>>>> need help and specific directions on its use, sing out. >>>>>> >>>>>> BTW: I find that keeping a full-sized Apple USB keyboard around is a big >>>>>> help when using these remap procedures. I just plug it in and it gives >>>>>> me >>>>>> a insert key that jaws and NVDA will respond to as their modifier keys. >>>>>> Its really indispensable when you start changing the modifier keys and >>>>>> need both a caps lock and an insert key temporarily. >>>>>> >>>>>> For example, using the fusion method, I find I need that keyboard in >>>>>> order >>>>>> to have an actual insert key I can press when trying to make the fusion >>>>>> key remap as there is no actual insert key on the apple portable >>>>>> keyboards. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 7:07 PM, Catherine Turner >>>>>> <catherineturner2...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm having some problems using JAWS in a virtual machine and wondering >>>>>>> if anyone can help. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm using JAWS 14 on Windows 7 via VMware. I usually use an external >>>>>>> keyboard with my MacBook because I'm one handed. I normally use the >>>>>>> desktop keyboard layout for JAWS but am without an external keyboard >>>>>>> now. I'm wondering how people manage on the Mac keyboard with JAWS. >>>>>>> My understanding is that JAWS should be able to use the caps lock as >>>>>>> the JAWS key but I can't get this to work. I chose laptop layout from >>>>>>> the keyboard layout in basic settings but whenever I press caps lock >>>>>>> Voiceover just says caps lock on or off and JAWS acts if I'm not >>>>>>> pressing the JAWS key e.g. if I press caps lock and t for title, JAWS >>>>>>> just says t. It's as if the caps lock key isn't being passed through >>>>>>> to Windows. But this is strange because it works properly when I use >>>>>>> NVDA instead of JAWS. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can anyone help? Am I missing something? Any ideas why JAWS/Windows >>>>>>> isn't picking up the caps lock? 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