I'd go out and buy a real keyboard, or better yet borrow one off an
older computer. No way to tell if your problem is windows 8 or
sub-standard keyboards. I've always been happy with my el-cheapo wired
microsoft keyboard that has just a slight curve to it. I pound the heck
out of keyboards and this one just keeps on working. For $20-$30 you
might be able to lose the headache.
On 11/18/2012 12:46, michael massey wrote:
Hi. To keep the subject line shorter, I will try my best to explain
what is happening when trying common keystrokes with Window-eyes 8.0
beta 2 under Windows 8.
For example, when I press insert-a, I hear speak all on or off which is
what I expect to hear. Yet, when I press the key combination of
insert-s regardless of which keyboard I use, I hear speak all on or off
as well. So, insert-s won’t bring up the system tray. Also, insert-tab
won’t bring up the list of links on a web page.
Now that I have determined that certain Window-eyes keystrokes won’t
work regardless of which keyboard I use, how do I explain the problem to
Dell whose techies are likely not to be knowledgeable about
Window-eyes? Aaron tried to explain what could be happening during a
phone call, but I couldn’t explain what he said if I tried, grin.
Anybody care to jump in on this thread? Incidentally, the keyboard that
was replaced has a numlock key, but it doesn’t have another Windows
key. Thanks.
Mike M
P.S. When I press insert-t, the time is not announced. In fact, I just
pressed the insert-t keystroke, and I heard the subject of this message
and that the window was normal. I pressed the insert-t keystroke again,
and the subject of the message was read and that the window was
maximized. I heard the status of the window after I pressed
alt-space-x, go figure, grin. .
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