Gigi, shame on me for not remembering that. I just tried it on my Mac, and it worked perfectly.
Thank you very, very much! Mike On 28,Jun,2012, at 12:34 PM, Gigi wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
