Tim,
There is an option to have the Mac identify an external keyboard.
Think its in System prefs, keyboard? I took a quick look but did not
want to disconnect my keyboard. This could be the missing step.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
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On 4/5/2017 3:11 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
We have, probably, 40 or 50 non-Apple keyboards in our facilities and
they work fine. There are specific limitations such as distinguishing
between left and right option keys etc that are not recognizable on
third party keyboards, but regular keyboard functionality and VO
modifier keys should work fine.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Apr 5, 2017, at 16:06, daj.griff...@gmail.com
<mailto:daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote:
I know others have had different experiences but I have never
personally been able to make any of my various Windows Keyboards work
properly on my iMac and I often got non responsive key presses and
strange unpredictable output.
Specifically I could never get the Microsoft Natural to work properly
though this may have been due to inaccessible driver setup which was
supposed to make the keyboard Mac compliant.
Certainly the advice for many keyboard options is that you need to use
special Mac drivers to make them work properly.
Apple keyboards or Apple clone keyboards like the Tactile pro one I use
work perfectly fine so I have decided for an easier life to stick to them.
David Griffith
*From: *The wolf <mailto:hank.smith...@gmail.com>
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*Subject: *Re: windows keyboard not passing some of the commands to
voice over?
also vo k is working perfictly when I use her keyboard on her macbook
air its the windows keyboard that we can't get to access the voice over
features
On 4/5/2017 2:25 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
If you have an Apple keyboard that you can connect at the same time,
then you should be able to turn on keyboard help with the VO-k command.
Then start pressing keys on the Windows keyboard and see what is
announced. It's perfectly fine to have two keyboards connected
simultaneously.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Apr 5, 2017, at 13:57, The wolf <hank.smith...@gmail.com
<mailto:hank.smith...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello I tried the suggestions given and am still unable to get to the
minue
I tried everything.
what else should I check?
clearly something isn't set up properly but have no idea what it could be.
thanks
Hank
On 4/5/2017 10:45 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
I thought of that one, except if the regular VO-m isn't getting her
up to the Menubar, then I question if VO-k will work given that the keys
may be mixed up to begin with.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Apr 5, 2017, at 11:33, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com
<mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>> wrote:
I am jumping in at this point. There is a very easy test that she
can do to verify key placement. Do a VO-k and Voiceover will announce
any valid key or key combinations. Press escape to get out of this mode.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
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mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
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On 4/5/2017 10:29 AM, The wolf wrote:
yes I am sure that she is using the right keys
I will be going over there some time today to try to fix this issue fore
her.
thanks
Hank
On 4/5/2017 2:05 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
Are you sure she is using the correct keys?
Remember that on a windows keyboard the alt and ctrl keys are not
together,
On the left hand side of the space bar you have from right to left,
Ctrl, windows key or command key on a mac and then alt or option on
a mac,
Your friend needs to hold down ctrl and alt / option and hit M to
bring up the menus,
Give that a try,
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Subject: windows keyboard not passing some of the commands to voice
over?
Hello
I am trying to help one of my friends on her mac.
she is using a windows bluetooth keyboard the command that allows you
to get in to a minue isn't working what so ever so fore example when I
open a app I can't get to the minues is there something that I need to
change?
we tried several keyboards external and bluetooth the command only
works when using the macbook keyboard.
surely there is a way to fix so folks can use non apple keyboards?
if any one could help me out with this it would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Hank
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