window-eyes doesn't need to be unloaded either but you actually don't need
to even turn the speech off in that as it will just say the game name and
not bother you with telling such obvias things as cursor keys being pressed.
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From: "dark" <d...@xgam.org>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 7:27 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Q9 and screen readers was: XP Gamer Woes (?)
Just as a vaguely informational point, with hal there is never any need to
actually shut the program down.
The voice can be turned off with ctrl 0, and at that point all commands
which do not directly interfere with hal's own commands are absolutely
fine to use, --- in fact the only real reason to turn the voice off is to
stop random chatter throughout the game.
In games which use the number pad, ----- or the F keys when playing on a
laptop, and thus conflict with Hal's own commands, it's also necessary to
turn Hal's keys off with ctrl 8 after turning the voice off.
Sinse ctrl space is needed to enter Hal's control panel, --- it's
necessary to do this in Q9 as well, ---- though it's not really a problem.
I believe the reason hal can stil run and not conflictwith games etc is
something to do with the way hal handles keystrokes being different to the
way Jaws (or I believe window eyes), does, ---- but I'm not sure.
this is just some extra information, sinse I've noticed a lot of
developers automatically instruct players to shut down their screen
readers before playing as a matter of course, ---- which obviously isn't
as necessary with Hal.
Probably because i'm used to it, I admit I like Hal's system, sinse it
means I can very literally start a game up, then flick off Hal's voice and
possibly keys if needed while the game is running, ---- and don't have the
bother of having to setup short cuts or some other way of starting the
games without being able to read the screen.
btw, this isn't intended as a Hal vs jaws bash, ---- such conversations
are rarely useful, ----- particularly with someone like me who's used Hal
for so long, I'm incredibly used to the way it does things, ---- and would
find different methods slightly confusing, ---- the couple of occasions
I've had chance to play with a system with Jaws installed on it were not
happy ones exactly for this reason.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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