Hi all, I'm passing on this message on behalf of a friend. If anyone can help John please reply to him at the following email address: [email protected]. It is very important that you use this email address as John isn't subscribed to this list. I don't know the answer to his questions. Any help would be appreciated. thank you.
Regards Steve. John writes: Hi Steve, I wonder if you or anyone you know has suggestions of how I can change and save the Hotkey to speak in the Ventrilo Chat program using Window-Eyes. When I launch Ventrilo, The opening screen allows me to cycle through various Windows controls using the Tab key. One such button is labelled "Setup". When I highlight that particular option and press Space to activate it, The Ventrilo Setup property Sheet opens with eight control tabs. The focus is placed by default on the first option in the first control page. Namely, "Enable output voice communications". If I tab to the next option titled: "Use push to talk hotkey (PTT mode)" and check the associated checkbox, a Hotkey assignment control which was greyed out then appears further down in the page. My problem Concerns how to best save and exit that selection process while not re-assigning my intended hotkey. I have tried assigning the hotkey to the Left CTRL key many times and occasionally with success. But usually, the intended hotkey is inadvertently changed in the process. Perhaps I should describe how I am doing it because I may be going about it the wrong way Firstly, I tab to the option, "Push to talk hotkey (PTT mode)" and make sure the checkbox is checked. Then I tab down to "Hotkey" and find myself in the place where I have to press the key I wish to assign. After doing that, I want to move on from that control and click the "OK" button. However any key I press to exit the control simply re-assigns the hotkey from my intended one leaving me still locked in the control. So, as I said, my problem is how to exit that control, retain my desired hotkey and resume with the rest of the "setup". My sighted wife can manage to consistently perform the trick using the physical mouse and left clicking the "Default OK" button ". This successfully exits the control but puts the focus on the "setup" icon on the Ventrilo opening screen. From there, it is easy to press space on the "setup" icon and return to the "Voice" tab page. However, often when I try to do a similar thing using the Numeric pad keys set to "mouse", The last keystroke ends up as the assigned hotkey. For example, I make sure the "minus" key is set to Mouse. I then press the numeric pad "1" key to go to the bottom of the screen. I then press the number "8" key to move first to the "Help" button.. Then again to move up to the "Cancel" button. And a third time to the "Default OK" button. This is the button my wife left clicks with the mouse to exit while retaining the desired hotkey. I try to achieve the same result by pressing the left click key to the right of the Numpad lock key. Some times it works correctly but often it leaves me stuck in the selection control. Other times, It does exit the control. But when I return to the "voice tab page, My wife tells me that the hotkey has been re-assigned to "Keyboard break" which seems to be associated with the "left Click" key. Does any one know what I am doing wrong or what is the proper way to go about this using Window-Eyes. Kind regards, John Machin Regards Steve Email: [email protected] MSN Messenger: [email protected] Skype: steve1963 Twitter: steve9782 If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
