The shift key actually does work, it’s just that Keystroke (customizable by the user preferences) expects you to use the correct shift (i.e. the left shift for keys in the right hand and the right shift for keys in the left hand).
Press COMMAND + , (command comma) to bring up the user preferences, navigate to the “Lesson” tab and uncheck “Require correct (left/right) shift keys” to disable this feature. I had at one point worked on an accessible MUD client, it worked alright but didn’t use VoiceOver it just used a speech synthesizer. I abandoned the project after a while though as life got in the way. > On Aug 27, 2015, at 15:58, Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com> wrote: > > I have one huge bug. The shift key doesn’t work, so it always gives errors. > Now, if only you could make an accessible MUD client, lol. >> On Aug 27, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Tyler Thompson <tktpianostud...@gmail.com >> <mailto:tktpianostud...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I’m aware that there are many people looking for an accessible typing >> program for the mac. I’m proud to say that today the agency I work for (The >> New Mexico Commission For The Blind) has released a cross-platform typing >> program called Keystroke. You can download it from our website here >> <http://www.cfb.state.nm.us/Keystroke.html>. It is in it’s early stages but >> has some promising results and as the developer I’d be willing to listen to >> any feature requests you all might have. Most importantly this software is >> now and always will be 100% free. I’ll outline some of it’s features below. >> >> >> Keystroke works with various braille displays, making it one of the first >> typing programs that can be used with the deaf-blind (or non-native english >> speakers). >> Default lessons that were built based on a lot of in-class research to give >> the best chance of learning to type correctly. >> The ability to use the correct (left/right) shift keys. >> Along with this Keystroke has the ability to make sure that students are >> using the caps lock key correct (thus eliminating the caps + letter + caps >> syndrome) >> Completely customizable lessons (so you can add, or edit your own lessons to >> your hearts desire). >> Along with this comes the “Lesson calculator” which is designed to give you >> feedback on your custom lessons, how complex they are, how long it’ll take a >> student to type them etc..) >> The ability to import/export lessons. So if you create lessons you’d like to >> share or someone else has made some you think are cool it’s very easy to >> open them and use them with Keystroke. >> Because of it’s compatibility with braille displays it can be used to test >> Braille writing speeds. >> It learns from you as you type and gives useful feedback via the “Keyboard >> Assistant” (This can even provide directional feedback such as: “The j key >> is 2 keys to the right”) >> Designed to work natively with VoiceOver >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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/d/optout.
