[jawsscripts] Re: Enter braille patterns into App
- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 17:19:01 +0100
Hi, HumanWare's BrailleNote line of products support keyboard input thanks
to additional drivers that can emulate the PC keyboard. Hope that helps.
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Chris Hallsworth
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From: "Doug Lee" <doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 5:06 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Enter braille patterns into App
> You get one KeyPressedEvent call each time the user presses and
> releases a key or set of keys. You do not, as a scripter, get
> notified each time each key goes down and comes up on a Braille
> display. You can script key combinations, and JAWS already comes with
> such scripting for some, depending on which Braille display you have.
> For examples, look in default.jkm under the "[PACMate Braille Keys]"
> section.
>
> But I think you're trying to use a Braille display's keyboard as an
> input device. Look at the following JAWS scripting functions for info
> on this: GetTypeKeysMode, SetTypeKeysMode,
> BrailleSupportsTypeKeysMode. I don't know if any Braille displays
> other than those sold by Freedom Scientific support this type of
> operation though. The FS documentation seems to indicate not.
>
> Not sure this helps, but I hope so.
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:47:22AM +0200,
> marquats@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a program which should receive braille patterns. The user
> shall enter braille with the braille keys on the braille display.
>
> I don't know how to do this. There are the functions KeyPressedEvent and
> GetKeyState, but I don't know how to find out when the braille keys are
> all released again.
>
> Can anyone give me a hint, or tell me where to find example scripts? How
> is the braille keyboard usually supported? What are the scripting
> techniques usually used for this?
>
> Many thanks for your help, Thomas Marquardt
>
>
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