If the lenovo isn't the best choice can you suggest something better? I know some laptops use proprietary sztware which may not work as well with screen readers.
Thanks, don ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Raj via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> To: "Rick Jarvis" <r.jarvi...@hotmail.com>,"Window-Eyes Discussion List" <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Date: Monday, November 2, 2015 12:38 pm Subject: Re: laptops and window-eyes > > > I know, the Lenovo is not the best one for us, I use to work with some of > the clients who had them, and had to advise the company/supplier to change > it. was a nightmare for some people. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Jarvis via Talk" <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> > To: "Pamela Dominguez" <geo...@optonline.net>; "Window-Eyes Discussion List" > <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 3:30 PM > Subject: Re: laptops and window-eyes > > > > Is there any way to disable it? > > > > On 11/2/2015 12:24 PM, Pamela Dominguez via Talk wrote: > >> I just bought a Lenovo Thinkpad with a numberpad. It's thinner and > >> somewhat lighter than my Dell that doesn't have one. But the keys are > >> all squished together, so you have to watch out when you use it. The > >> other thing that is annoying is that it has that awful finger print > >> thing that's in the middle of everything and things happen when you > >> accidentally touch it. Pam. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- From: Chip Orange via Talk > >> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 12:04 PM > >> To: don bishop be Window-Eyes Discussion List > >> Subject: RE: laptops and window-eyes > >> > >> Hi Don, > >> > >> While Marilyn's point is a nice one, and I have such a Dell laptop at > >> home with a numpad, it weighs about 5 pounds. If you want one which > >> weighs around 2 pounds which you can easily carry around with you, I > >> don't believe it will be possible to get one with a numpad on the keypad. > >> > >> Marilyn's suggestion of carrying around an external numpad is one way of > >> dealing with this, but as she says, an awkward one. It's not the only > >> one however; Window-Eyes does offer a laptop keyboard layout > >> specifically for those keyboards which don't have numpads. They move > >> all the functions which would be handled by a numpad on to other keys. > >> > >> Alternatively, instead of using the WE laptop layout, almost all laptops > >> have a special key which make a group of keys centered around the j, k, > >> and l keys act like they are a numpad when you hold down this special > >> key. This is how I used WE with my previous Dell laptop which was > >> smaller, and which did not have a numpad on its keyboard. I found this > >> very easy to adapt to (actually easier than switching to the laptop > >> layout), although you may need some sighted help (or support help from > >> the manufacturer) initially to find the special key, and to know what > >> keystrokes it generates when used with other keyboard keys. > >> > >> So, it all depends on what your needs are, and which keyboard you wish > >> to purchase, and how you wish to adapt to not having a numpad if you > >> want the smaller laptops; but don't think you could ever adjust to some > >> different layout, it's much easier than you'd believe. > >> > >> Hth, > >> > >> Chip > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Chip Orange > >> Florida Public Service Commission > >> Computer Systems Analyst > >> 850-413-6314 > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Talk > >> [mailto:talk-bounces+corange=psc.state.fl...@lists.window-eyes.com] On > >> Behalf Of don bishop via Talk > >> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 12:21 PM > >> To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com > >> Subject: laptops and window-eyes > >> > >> Any suggestions for a laptop which works well with window-eyes? > >> Thanks, > >> Don > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > >> > >> For membership options, visit > >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/corange%40psc.state.fl.us. > >> > >> For subscription options, visit > >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > >> List archives can be found at > >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > >> > >> For membership options, visit > >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/geodom%40optonline.net. > >> > >> For subscription options, visit > >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > >> List archives can be found at > >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > >> > >> For membership options, visit > >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/r.jarvis53%40hotmail.com. > >> > >> For subscription options, visit > >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > >> List archives can be found at > >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > > > For membership options, visit > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rtrib%40rogers.com. > > For subscription options, visit > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > List archives can be found at > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/w6smb%40donbishop.org. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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