Change the keyboard layout in JAWS to lap top. Then you won't need the numpad keys. I don't think there's really a practical way to get them working. In the lap top layout there are alternatives for all of those key combinations and they will work with the remapped caps lock key.
On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Ok so we were finally able to figure out how to get both of those programs > installed and got the caps lock key working for us as the insert key. > However, the podcast didn't mention exactly how to make the numpad happen and > when I try what it said on the page for using a numpad by hitting the fn key > and I for numpad 5 it doesn't seem to work. > Has anyone actually figured this part out and can tell us what we're doing > wrong? I know we had to do things differently than the podcast mentioned for > remapping the voiceover keys to the caps lock since we didn't end up having > to go to system preferences but not sure why we can't get the numpad part to > work. Any help would be appreciated so that we can possibly be able to do > things like jaws cursor, pc cursor, rooting of the cursors, left and right > clicks on files, etc. > > Take care, > Shannon Gerdts > > -----Original Message----- From: Deb Lewis > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 2:50 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: trying to install some apps mentioned from a podcast > > I did this last week. The KeyRing app is at the link you visited. I > believe there's a link called Other apps or something to that effect > and you'll find the PC Keyboard hack there. It's not on the same page > as it was when the podcast was developed and I had to look around for > it. After you have them, the podcast is very descriptive about what to > do. The hardest part was finding that second app but after that the > instructions will all work as advertised. > Oh, there was one other difference. If you're running Mavricks, you > are instructed to go to apple preferences and make some changes. The > newly installed apps didn't appear in my apple preferences, but > opening each of them revealed the same options he was describing and > everything worked as advertised. > I don't want to go through the tutorial again, he did a great job, but > after you find them, if there's something specific, I'm sure we can > help. > As I said, finding that second app isn't quite where he said now, but > it's still up there and you need them both for this to work. > > On 2/24/14, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> So my wife and I are looking at this one podcast which I will provide >> the link to which is reguarding remapping the voiceover keys to the caps >> lock key as well as creating a numpad around the I key etc. We're wanting >> to see if we can do this so that her vm fusion experience is possibly a >> little better being that she doesn't have a full keyboard to use therefore >> not being able to use things like the jaws cursor or mouse clicks with >> jaws.The podcast we're looking at is the following: >> http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/new-updated-remapping-keys-your-macs-keyboard-enhance-voiceover-experience >> On here it mentions to go to pqrs.org's website and download two apps >> called keyRemap4MacBook and PcKeyboardHack. However the link it provides to >> do this doesn't seem to exist and when we go just to pqrs.org we can only >> seemingly find the first app. Also, when we go to that link the >> installation instructions are pretty confusing so hoping someone can give us >> some advice on how to better understand what we need to do. >> Thanks again for any help on this matter as usual. Also, if anyone has >> experience running vm fusion on their mac and has success please feel free >> and send me some e-mails directly maybe offlist as it seems as if we have >> some random issues that we're not quite sure how to resolve at the moment. >> Take care, >> Shannon Gerdts >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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