Hum, well you're right I'm super confused, but I think I can clarify. Actually, I was wrong in my original post which merks things up even more.
To understand what I'm doing, I'll give you a brief description of the braille connect. The front edge is cut out on a slant and has the following controls left to right. function keys 1 and 2, left space, joystick, right space, and function keys 3 and 4. The function keys are called f1 through f4 on the mac. on the top face the braille display and it's router keys are at the front. On each side of the braille display are three round keys running front to back along the ends of the display. The mac calls these d1 through d6. behind the router keys is a set of 8 braille input keys which are square and laid out in an ergonomic braille keyboard style. Mac calls these dot1 through dot8.When I was talking about d1+d2+d3, I actually meant dot1+dot2+dot3. What I eventualy hope to accomplish is to force my mac to emulate the conventions of a standard note taker, such as the braille note, braille sense, or packmate. You have some experience with these, so just nod along here. In the notetaker convention, space+1 = previous letter, space+4 = next letter. space+2 = previous word, space+5 = next word. Space+3 = previous sentence, space+6 = next sentence. Space+2+3 equals previous paragraph, space+5+6 = next paragraph. Space+1+2+3 = go to top, space+4+5+6 = go to end. add the word dot before all those numbers if you want to be mackish about it. OK, so with the braille connect, we're breaking the convention already, because next and previous letter are joystick left and right, but that's OK. Here's what I'd like to do for the bc. I'll make a nice little table here. Function, mac OS command, braille connect command, Previous word, option left arrow, space+dot1, next word, option right arrow, space+dot4, Previous paragraph, option up arrow, space+dot2, next paragraph, option down arrow, space+dot5, beginning of line, control right arrow, space+dot3, end of line, control right arrow, space+dot6, go to top, command up arrow, space+1+2+3, go to bottom, command down arrow, space+dot4+dot5+dot6. I don't know anything about the brailleno control surface, but it wouldn't be hard to put previous and next letter on dots 1 and 4, then move everything else outward and put next and previous paragraph on dots 23 and 56. If you don't normally use these commands, make yourself a reply to this message, type some text and then practice going word by word, paragraph by paragraph, top and bottom. Watch what happens on your brailleno as you navigate with mac OS10 keyboard shortcuts. It shows you the information you need without having to interact. Here I am at the bottom of a message I typed, and if I want to go to the top I press command up arrow. The braille display says hum, because that's the first word I typed. To get back here and continue typing I skim the message paragraraph by paragraph til I get beck to my signature. I'm not interacting with the edit box that I'm using to type this message. The reason is that I don't have a need to interact. I can edit without, but while I'm not interacting, I can also decide to quickly jump over to the cc field and copy this message to apple accessibility. Or, I can be monitoring two parts of the screen at once, making a change in one area and observing how that change effects another area. As I look around for ways to add more features to my braille controller, it strikes me that there are no provisions for mac OS10 commands. There are hundreds of voiceover commands to choose from, including the ability to run scrips from braille keys and all sorts of business, but if voiceover doesn't do it, neither does the braille display. I think this is a serious oversight that needs to be corrected, because mac OS itself has a lot to offer in terms of keyboard functionality. Of course, I'm still screaming for grade two braille input and some other things. It will be interesting to see what OS10.7 offers us in terms of braille functionality. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, One on one access technology support and training over the phone or in person, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-11-10, at 11:26 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Erik, > > I have the same trouble on the Braillino. What is the space plus D 1 2 and 3? > I'm confused. I saw it in the dialog you spoke of appearing in the VoiceOver > Braille panel, but I don't understand how to assign keys without interacting > with the text. I understand what you want, and I think it's a great idea. I > hope you can create something that will work like that. I know when I > proofread my messages with the Braillino, I have to interact with the message > by pressing VO shift down arrow, and then I can use the controls on the > Braillino to scroll line by line and correct spelling mistakes typos etc. I > hope this helps, or maybe I have confused you. Have a great evening. > > Musically, > Allison > My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! > > > On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:23 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> Hi, I'm just hacking my braille connect to try and maximize the controller >> options and make it more comfortable for me to use as a full braille >> controller. >> >> I want it to emulate my computer. For example, I have reset the joystick on >> the bc32 so that it performs the functions of the up down left and right >> arrow keys, as opposed to the standard move lest right up and down. >> >> Now, what I would appreciate and find most helpful is if I could have a new >> custom key dialog box added to the custom menu of the key assignments. >> >> I'm not really sure what to call this great dialog box, since custom is >> already taken by the menu, but it would work like this. You input a key on >> the key board, the up arrow for example. Then you have checkboxes for each >> of the command, option, control, and fn keys. You check the appropriate >> combination of modifier keys. I want command up arrow assigned to >> space+d1+d2+d3 for example. >> >> Command up arrow and command down arrow are the standard mac OS keyboard >> shortcuts to take me to the top and bottom of a text area such as this edit >> box where I am typing a message. I'm just typing along, not interacting or >> any of that nonsense and if I want to read what I've written from the top I >> can press command up arrow to go to the beginning of what I've just typed, >> and then I can either read line by line with the arrows, Or I can read on >> the display. So, I like command up arrow and command down arrow, and I just >> want to tell my braille controller that when I press space+d1+d2+d3, or >> space+d4+d5+d6, it means do that thing. I feel the same way about option up >> and down arrow, option left and right arrow, and control left and right >> arrow. Or how about tab, command tab, shift tab and command shift tab. >> >> I have fiddled with a lot of navigation key assignments that should emulate >> what I want, but the fact of the matter is, they all rely on interacting >> with each and every object in order to work effectively. I wouldn't >> normally interact with things more than %10 or %15 of the time, mostly >> scroll areas or html frames or some issues involving group mode on the web. >> Interacting with every single item on the screen to make it work defeats the >> power and purpose of interacting and so I only do when it's called for. In >> braille display world, I currently have to interact with every object I am >> working on to make it behave which is obnoxious and could be completely >> avoidable by allowing a braille controller to more closely emulate the >> computer. >> >> best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> User support consultant, >> One on one access technology support and training over the phone or in >> person, >> 1-888-255-5194 >> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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