Hi there Yes, and if you are an iPhone user, you will understand what I'm about to say right away. Holding down the control and option keys, take 2 Fingers And Pl. them on the trackpad. Then rotate your wrist to the left, and you will hear an little musical tone and voice over will say "track pad commander off. "
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 28, 2012, at 4:53 AM, Mike Busboom <m...@busboom.at> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
