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- APPENDIX C
- VE CURSOR COMMANDS
-
- This same information can be retrieved directly from the help submenu in the
- voice control panel. You can press Page Down for the next screen, Page Up
- for the previous or Escape to quit.
-
- The VE cursor is an alternative to Review Mode. The VE cursor is an
- interactive cursor meaning your applications program is not suspended while
- reviewing the screen. If you type a command which is not a VE cursor
- command, it will be passed directly through to the underlying application
- program. In other words, you do not have to exit the VE cursor in order to
- communicate to your applications program.
-
- All of the VE cursor commands have been assigned to the numeric keypad.
- Those with a 101 keyboard will notice the dedicated arrow keys and six-pack
- are not used by the VE cursor. All Vocal-Eyes hotkeys are always relative to
- the applications cursor even if the VE cursor is active. Only the numeric
- keypad is used to retrieve information from the VE cursor position.
-
- By default, Vocal-Eyes has assigned the gray - (dash) located on the numeric
- keypad to toggle between the applications cursor and the VE cursor. Once the
- VE cursor is active, the numlock must be in the off position. If on, the
- numeric keypad will produce the appropriate numbers to the applications
- program.
-
- The available commands are as follows:
-
- - 7 or home will move the VE cursor to column 1 of the current line.
-
- - 1 or end will move the VE cursor to the first space after the last
- printable character on the current line.
-
- - 8 or up arrow will move the VE cursor to the previous line and read it. If
- you prefer to speak the new character or word instead, you can use the 'V'
- command in review mode to setup your choice. The VE cursor is also relative
- to this setting.
-
- - 2 or down arrow will move the VE cursor to the next line and read it. As
- for the up arrow, you can use the 'V' command in review mode to change this
- to read the new character or word instead.
-
- - 9 or pageup will move the cursor to the top left of the screen.
-
- - 3 or pagedown will move the cursor to the first column of the last line.
-
- - 4 or left arrow will move the cursor left and read the character.
-
- - 6 or right arrow will move the cursor right and read the character.
-
- - 5 or center key will read the character currently under the VE cursor. If
- pressed a second time, the character will be pronounced phonetically.
-
- - Period or delete will speak the current VE cursor position.
-
- - Gray plus key will route the application cursor position to the VE cursor
- position. The routing technique used here is just like the technique used in
- review mode. If the application program supports the four arrow keys and
- will allow you to move the application cursor to the position of the VE
- cursor, Vocal-Eyes should have no problem routing the cursor. Just like
- routing the review cursor, you may have to adjust the route delay value using
- option 17 in the general menu.
-
- Notice how these keys are laid out on the keypad. This should help you
- remember what each key does.
-
- All of these commands are nice but there are even more. We have setup the 0
- or insert key as a sort of shift key. If you hold this key down and press
- any of the keys just described, you will get new results. The following list
- describes each of the keys again assuming you are holding down the 0 or
- insert key. This is a very handy key to press and hold using your right
- thumb while pressing the desired key with your right fingers.
-
- - 7 or home will read the text from the beginning of the line up to the VE
- cursor.
-
- - 9 or pageup will read the text from the VE cursor to the end of the line.
-
- - 8 or up arrow will read the current line.
-
- - 4 or left arrow will move the VE cursor left by word and read the word.
-
- - 6 or right arrow will move the VE cursor right by word and read the word.
-
- - 5 or center key will speak the word currently under the VE cursor.
- Pressing it twice will spell it and three times will spell it phonetically.
- As always, while it is spelling, the speech rate will be lowered by a value
- of 2.
-
- - 1 or end will read the first line of the screen
-
- - 3 or pagedown will read the last line of the screen
-
- - 2 or down will read everything from the VE cursor to the end of the screen.
-
- - period or delete will read the applications cursor position.
-
- - Gray plus will route the VE cursor to the application cursor position.
-
- While in VE cursor mode, you have access to the full screen. You are not
- limited by the current window coordinates.
-