I don't know of a wheel on the Focus 40 Blue.

Kristeen


On Nov 13, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote:

> Hi there again
> I haven't got on the bus yet, and I was thinking about what I had said last 
> time. I just realized I said wrong. The command I sent to you before was 
> going from different rotor items to and from. Other rotor items. I'm not 
> sure, but I think if you roll that wheel on the focus 40 that it will start 
> selecting text. I seem to remember that I would forget and Wohlt and it would 
> start selecting text for me when I didn't want it. It may work to first set 
> the rotor two words or lines as you need them and then use the wheel.
> Regards,
> Gigi
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 13, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi there
>> Okay, you want to press the space with the bb sign in order to select the 
>> previous roter item. Then you press dots 5-6 to select the next roter item. 
>> I am busy making a file of general brill display commands. I think they are 
>> in the voice over menu anyway, but I have looked there lately. When I get it 
>> done, do you want it? I'll have to do it a little later since I am about to 
>> get ready and get on the bus.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Gigi
>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks,. This info does help. Can you tell me how I can sellect text? I've 
>>> not been successful.
>>> 
>>> Kristeen
>>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 5:10 PM, Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Teresa is correct, you have to do a lot of customizing in order to get 
>>>> your focus display to work as your keyboard. Unfortunately, you will have 
>>>> to use your keyboard more than you would like to. That's just the nature 
>>>> of the beast.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Admittedly, yes, I’m also using a keyboard. My opinion is that you’ll 
>>>>> probably have to do quite a lot of customizing to use a Braille display 
>>>>> as a primary keyboard.
>>>>> 
>>>>> For switching apps, I’d probably map a braille keystroke to 
>>>>> VO-applications list. (VO-f1 twice quickly)I don’t think there’s an easy 
>>>>> way to map one to command-tab.
>>>>> 
>>>>> HtH,
>>>>> Teresa
>>>>> 
>>>>> "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's 
>>>>> too dark to read."--Groucho Marx
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Okay, I look and I don't see some things that seem to be rather 
>>>>>> importatn. For example, if you are wanting to switch from one open app 
>>>>>> to another, how do you do it with the display. Are you using a keyboard 
>>>>>> along with the display?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Kristeen
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Teresa Cochran 
>>>>>>> <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi, Kristeen,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have a focus 40 Blue and use it constantly with Mavericks. I haven’t 
>>>>>>> tried assigning keystrokes for selecting text, etc. but there’s a good 
>>>>>>> chance it can be done. In the vO utility, you can go to Braille and 
>>>>>>> view the assigned commands for your Braille display and modify or 
>>>>>>> assign new ones. There’s a lot of stuff in there, so have fun 
>>>>>>> exploring. :)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> HtH,
>>>>>>> Teresa
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:31 AM, Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This may have been discussed before, but I have to try again. I would 
>>>>>>>> like to use my Focus 40 Blue with my Mac Mini. I would prefer not to 
>>>>>>>> have to use another keyboard along with it. Are there any ways to add 
>>>>>>>> important keystrokes like switching between open programs and closing 
>>>>>>>> a window or program, etc? Along with that is it truly possible to cut 
>>>>>>>> and paste and manipulate text? Of someone wants to address this stuff 
>>>>>>>> off of the list, that's cool.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Kristeen
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 6:43 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hi guys
>>>>>>>>> I had so many problems I had to go back to mountain kitty. They 
>>>>>>>>> weren't just with my braille display, which I reported is doing fine 
>>>>>>>>> yesterday. However, today I couldn't even navigate properly in 
>>>>>>>>> TextEdit. I couldn't even tell what I'd selected to the end of the 
>>>>>>>>> text didn't tell me. I was getting too many finder busy messages 
>>>>>>>>> also, and I couldn't always navigate and tell where I was.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I had to call that 877 number, and he is checking for me.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Regards and a little stressed, but this is computers were talking 
>>>>>>>>> about,
>>>>>>>>> Gigi
>>>>>>>>> Eugenia Firth
>>>>>>>>> gigifi...@sbcglobal.net
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
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