Hi Chuck! If you get the lcc (logitech control center) app you can fix that. My function keys are working fine with voiceover. It wasn't that they didn't work; it was that there was no way to change them between being standard functional keys and not standard and the default didn't allow you to use voiceover with those keys without the fn key which was way far away from the main keyboard and so just about impossible to use with vo plus the function keys in question.
-- Cheryl "Move forward by looking back! "Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; consider the great things He has done for you." (1 Samuel 12:24 (HCSB) On Jan 22, 2015, at 9:44 AM, CHUCK REICHEL <soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Cheryl, Long time no talk :) If this is the same model I had, the "f 1 f 2 f 3 & f34" keys don't work with VoiceOver. I went round & round with apple care about this & they finally agreed that those keys were out to lunch with VO. Granted I bought the keyboard from the apple store! LOL Needless to say they refunded the $ I liked the layout and feel though! Did they fix this anomaly with your keyboard. Just thought I'd ask? TIA Chuck CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com <mailto:soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com> www.SoundPictureRecording.com <http://www.soundpicturerecording.com/> 954-742-0019 Isaiah 26 : 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. In GOD I Trust On Jan 22, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > When a thread on numeric keypad was started, only numeric keypad information > was wanted. But I thought I would mention another alternative which I am > using now with my iMac a lot of the time. I admit I kind of collect keyboards > :-) > > I have a full keyboard from Logitech: a k750 solar keyboard for Mac - you do > want the one that is specifically for Mac. This is a solar keyboard but > instead of running on bluetooth it has a usb receiver. This is the downside > as it does require a usb port but only the receiver is inserted; there are no > cords involved to get tangled up. This is not a very portable keyboard at > all; it is about the same length as the Apple usb keyboard that has a numeric > keypad and it is actually significantly larger measuring from back to front > or maybe top edge to bottom edge because the keyboard does not end with the > top row which I believe is because of the solar panel. It is sturdy but I > wouldn't say it is terribly heavy. It has little pieces (not really what I'd > quite call feet) that you can open out so your keyboard will have a slant and > be slightly raised at the top. It has an on/off switch and another press > button not raised up from the keyboard much for which I haven't figured out > the purpose to the left of the on/off switch. It has a 18-key keypad, > including a long enter key and an equals key. It also has a six-pack and > cursor-cross between the numeric keypad and the main keyboard but there isn't > a lot of space between all of these sections going from left to right; there > is a well-defined area between the six-pack and the cursor-cross. I have > lately kind of settled on this as my keyboard of choice for my iMac. > > Warnings: > 1. I had a terrible time figuring out how to change the function keys. I > finally had to download the Logitech control center from the logitech > website: not the same as the preference manager. This isn't very vo-friendly > but by tabbing I could find the checkbox and check or uncheck it. Once you do > that I think by tabbing you can also find a configuration button; you have to > tab to find this. I don't know whether this is vo-friendly or not; I > understand you can further customize the keyboard from the control center. > There is also an option for managing or adding unifying software which I > haven't used at all; I've heard that there are some issues with this on > Yosemite but don't know the present status. > > 2. I suspect that this keyboard won't work with file vault. I am thinking of > going back to file vault so I will be able to confirm this eventually but you > might want to have an Apple keyboard or corded usb keyboard available for use > at startup if you are using file vault. > > Again, this keyboard won't please everybody that wants a numeric keypad. It > could go in a fairly large backpack but most definitely not in a purse or > pocket! It is large but I would call it sturdy rather than clunky; I like > typing on it very much. If what you want is just a keypad this is not it; > it's a complete keyboard. Granted these caveats, I really like typing on it > and I do a lot of typing on my computer. If you don't care about the keypad > but would like a logitech, I would go instead with the easi-switch k811 or > the k760 solar keyboard for Mac, iPhone, iPad, etc., both of which are > bluetooth, But I think the k750 solar keyboard for Mac is worth considering > for anybody who wants numeric keypad access but doesn't need a separate > little keypad or a very portable keyboard. > > -- > Cheryl > > "Move forward by looking back! > "Above all, fear the Lord > and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; > consider the great things He has done for you." > (1 Samuel 12:24 (HCSB) > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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