Erik,
Interesting comments. I wish I knew more about all this, but I just bought a
big bc40 the other day so I've got a bit of learning to do. but isn't the
joystick already emulating the arrow keys? that part I am not clear on.
Isaac
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From: "erik burggraaf" <e...@erik-burggraaf.com>
To: <accessibil...@apple.com>
Cc: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:23 AM
Subject: feature suggestion for braille key assignments.
Hi, I'm just hacking my braille connect to try and maximize the
controller options and make it more comfortable for me to use as a full
braille controller.
I want it to emulate my computer. For example, I have reset the joystick
on the bc32 so that it performs the functions of the up down left and
right arrow keys, as opposed to the standard move lest right up and down.
Now, what I would appreciate and find most helpful is if I could have a
new custom key dialog box added to the custom menu of the key assignments.
I'm not really sure what to call this great dialog box, since custom is
already taken by the menu, but it would work like this. You input a key
on the key board, the up arrow for example. Then you have checkboxes for
each of the command, option, control, and fn keys. You check the
appropriate combination of modifier keys. I want command up arrow
assigned to space+d1+d2+d3 for example.
Command up arrow and command down arrow are the standard mac OS keyboard
shortcuts to take me to the top and bottom of a text area such as this
edit box where I am typing a message. I'm just typing along, not
interacting or any of that nonsense and if I want to read what I've
written from the top I can press command up arrow to go to the beginning
of what I've just typed, and then I can either read line by line with the
arrows, Or I can read on the display. So, I like command up arrow and
command down arrow, and I just want to tell my braille controller that
when I press space+d1+d2+d3, or space+d4+d5+d6, it means do that thing. I
feel the same way about option up and down arrow, option left and right
arrow, and control left and right arrow. Or how about tab, command tab,
shift tab and command shift tab.
I have fiddled with a lot of navigation key assignments that should
emulate what I want, but the fact of the matter is, they all rely on
interacting with each and every object in order to work effectively. I
wouldn't normally interact with things more than %10 or %15 of the time,
mostly scroll areas or html frames or some issues involving group mode on
the web. Interacting with every single item on the screen to make it work
defeats the power and purpose of interacting and so I only do when it's
called for. In braille display world, I currently have to interact with
every object I am working on to make it behave which is obnoxious and
could be completely avoidable by allowing a braille controller to more
closely emulate the computer.
best,
Erik Burggraaf
User support consultant,
One on one access technology support and training over the phone or in
person,
1-888-255-5194
http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
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