[duxuser] Re: six-key entry
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:20:17 +0100
Hi Jean,
My own company is looking at a USB Braille keyboard, but as
with all development, it takes time.
Regardless of your Googling, be assured that the cheaper
keyboards invariably accept 6 key entry.
However, it is possible to change the 6 keys used in DBT
rather than the default fds jkl keys. In 10.6 this is done
via Global: View Preferences, but my aged brain forgets
exactly where this is done in 10.5. (I'll check when I'm
back in the office tomorrow morning)
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean
Menzies
Sent: 17 September 2006 23:11
To: DBT list
Subject: [duxuser] six-key entry
I have a suggestion for Duxbury. I know it couldn't happen
for 10.6, but here goes.
I have discovered that my keyboard is not able to produce
six-key entry.
I've done some Googling around and read that new keyboards
are not designed to support this feature, and that it is
reliant on old IBM keyboard standards. Some websites
suggest ways of testing keyboards for this functionality,
and suggest shoppping second-hand, etc. I read that over
half of keyboards do not support six-key entry.
But DBT is a program for modern braille production. I know
the thinking for six-key entry is good and it's valuable,
but it's also dependent on old keyboards and the hopes that
companies might keep old technology in production, etc.
So, why doesn't Duxbury design a simple USB keypad for
braille entry? Six keys, the spacebar, maybe a backspace
key? Nothing fancy. No display, just the keys for
inputting the braille.
Jean
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