Hi, It sounds to me that the keys are just mapped differently. Yes, it is totally possible to use a non-Apple keyboard. The usual difference is that the ctrl-and option keys are not together on the Windows keyboard. That is, on the Windows keyboard, the cmd and Option keys are switched around, Option is the Alt key and cmd is the Windows key. So, on the Windows keyboard, when you press the ctrl key and the key just to the right of it, the normal thing you'd do on your Mac, it's a different key combination than you expect. To the Mac, you're pressing the ctrl and the cmd key. Thus VO commands aren't recognized. You can either map the keys differently in the Keyboard pane of System Prefs, or just get used to pressing the ctrl and Alt keys to use VO commands.
Hope this makes sense. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 4, 2017, at 11:57, The wolf <hank.smith...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello I am trying to help one of my friends on her mac. she is using a windows bluetooth keyboard the command that allows you to get in to a minue isn't working what so ever so fore example when I open a app I can't get to the minues is there something that I need to change? we tried several keyboards external and bluetooth the command only works when using the macbook keyboard. surely there is a way to fix so folks can use non apple keyboards? if any one could help me out with this it would be greatly appreciated. thanks Hank -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
