Greetings! Recently, a blind friend of mine purchased either a MacBook or MacBook Pro. I am attempting to teach him how to use his Mac, and we are making a lot of progress.
We are having one problem, however, where I could use a tip: Sometimes, while typing, his wrist accidentally hits the Trackpad, and VoiceOver starts talking. Is there a way to disable the Trackpad so that this doesn't occur? I purchased my MacBook in early 2009, but I can't remember what I did to disable the Trackpad. However, my friend just recently purchased his Mac two months ago. I don't know if it is a MacBook or MacBook Pro, or if this even makes a difference. We need to disable the Trackpad or at least "shut it up" when his wrist accidentally bumps against it. Fortunately, when I touch the trackpad on my Mac, VO doesn't say a thing, but I can't remember how I made this happen. I have gone into the System Preferences, but I didn't locate a "Disable Trackpad" option. In the VO Utility program, "Enable Trackpad Commander" is unchecked on my system. Would we be able to silence my friend's Trackpad if we unchecked it on his Mac, or do we also need to do something elsewhere? Most gratefully yours, Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
