Dear Marcus,
You may find the following article of interest:
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering vol 11 no3 September 2003. 'An investigatiion into formatting and layout errors produced by blind word-processor users, and an evaluation of prototype error prevention and correction techniques'. D Gareth Evans, Tim Diggle, Sri H Kurniawan, and Paul Blenkhorn.
Kind Regards
Richard
Richard W Caley
Clinical Scientist for Rehabilitation
Medical Physics
Pinderfields Hospital
Wakefield, WF1 4DG
Tel: 01924 212234
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>>> [log in to unmask] 02/26/04 04:32pm >>>
I've tried Read and Write but it only seems to announce the character once
it appears in the text window - which is too late.
I've since tried out Jaws combined with windows own slow keys. Within user
options of Jaws set typing echo for each character on. This way it behaves
as required i.e. announces the character when you press a key but only sends
it to the text window when you continue to hold the key down (beyond slow
keys time).
Marcus.
-----Original Message-----
From: Swann Tony (LHT) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 25 February 2004 08:23
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Announce Keystrokes and Delay
Dear MArcus
To stop you going crazy e-mailing yourself, have you considered read &
write. This can be set up to speak each letter as it is typed. It seems to
speak letter Ok. It only speaks numbers once you put a space after the
number. It does not seem to say anything when the F keys are pressed. I
think it worth looking at though.
Tony
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Sent: 23 February 2004 13:35
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Announce Keystrokes and Delay
Right then, I'll respond to my own message.
Instead of trying to solve this within Windows, is there anything which
sits between the keyboard and keyboard port which intercepts and announces
the keystrokes before passing them on to Windows?
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:01:19 -0000, Friday Marcus (RFF) Medical Physics
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>I'm working with someone who has a visual impairment to the extent that
>magnification software is no longer of benefit. I'm trying to acquaint them
>with a standard qwerty keyboard with screen reading controlled by
>keystrokes only.
>
>Is there anything which would announce a key press but delay sending it to
>the window with the focus? I'd like to have a means of the key press being
>announced, then only sending the character if that key is held down beyond
>a given time threshold.
>
>I've only considered this with the screen reading part of Supernova so far,
>which announces the character only once it appears in the text window - too
>late. I haven't experimented with Jaws or any of the simpler screen reading
>applications. Thought you may save me some time.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Marcus.
>
>
>Marcus Friday
>Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Department
>Barnsley District General Hospital
>Gawber Road
>Barnsley
>S75 2EP
>
>T: 01226 730000 x2159
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