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moderated Bypassing certain keys in a specific application?
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James Malone
Hi there list,
I've started using Jaws again recently after not using it for at least a good decade, so I'm still catching up to speed here. Basically though, I'm wanting to bypass certain keys and have that key passed through to the application. Is this something I am able to do/how would I be able to do it? Regards, James
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Adrian Spratt
Precede that key with JAWS key+3 on the number row.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of James Malone Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 7:26 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Bypassing certain keys in a specific application? Hi there list, I've started using Jaws again recently after not using it for at least a good decade, so I'm still catching up to speed here. Basically though, I'm wanting to bypass certain keys and have that key passed through to the application. Is this something I am able to do/how would I be able to do it? Regards, James
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Milton Ota
Hello,
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The Bypass key is JAWS Key or referred to as the Insert Key with the number row 3. This key applies to everything. HTH
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of James Malone Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 6:26 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Bypassing certain keys in a specific application? Hi there list, I've started using Jaws again recently after not using it for at least a good decade, so I'm still catching up to speed here. Basically though, I'm wanting to bypass certain keys and have that key passed through to the application. Is this something I am able to do/how would I be able to do it? Regards, James
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Steve Nutt
Yep, press JAWS Key and 3, then type in the key. It will be passed to the application.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of James Malone Sent: 08 December 2021 12:26 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Bypassing certain keys in a specific application? Hi there list, I've started using Jaws again recently after not using it for at least a good decade, so I'm still catching up to speed here. Basically though, I'm wanting to bypass certain keys and have that key passed through to the application. Is this something I am able to do/how would I be able to do it? Regards, James
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James Malone
Ah, I realise I didn't explain myself properly, though thanks for the
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help regardless (I did know about jaws key 3)! Is there a way to either pass certain keys but not others to the application, or is there a way to enable some sort of pass through mode, if you will? Basically so I don't have to press insert 3 etc every time. It's a super niche case I'm making here possibly, the specific use case here is when playing certain games which require the arrow keys. Most of the time this question comes up the stock answer people usually give is to just use NVDA, but I'm more curious if such a thing can be done with JFW
On 12/9/21, Steve Nutt <steve@comproom.co.uk> wrote:
Yep, press JAWS Key and 3, then type in the key. It will be passed to the
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Adrian Spratt
This is a really good idea. I don't believe JAWS has this capacity. Others will correct me if I'm wrong. But if not, you might suggest that Vispero create a new layered toggle keystroke (JAWS key-spacebar followed by a designated letter) to enable pass-through until it's turned off.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of James Malone Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 10:42 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Bypassing certain keys in a specific application? Ah, I realise I didn't explain myself properly, though thanks for the help regardless (I did know about jaws key 3)! Is there a way to either pass certain keys but not others to the application, or is there a way to enable some sort of pass through mode, if you will? Basically so I don't have to press insert 3 etc every time. It's a super niche case I'm making here possibly, the specific use case here is when playing certain games which require the arrow keys. Most of the time this question comes up the stock answer people usually give is to just use NVDA, but I'm more curious if such a thing can be done with JFW On 12/9/21, Steve Nutt <steve@comproom.co.uk> wrote: Yep, press JAWS Key and 3, then type in the key. It will be passed to
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Nermin
Hi,
if the game is self-voicing or uses some kind of TTS on your system, you can put JAWS to sleep. From within the game, press insert+6 on the number row Next, type sleep into the search field, and one of the options is "sleep mode" Turn that on and save the option. If you alt+tab out of the application, JAWS will be there again. Note: If the game did not have a configuration file associated with it previously, there will be a dialogue asking whether or not you want to create a new file with the name of the application in focus at the time already filled in. Good luck, Nermin Am 09.
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paul lemm
Hi,
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I play various audio games myself and have seen the arrow key issue come up various times for Jaws users, where you can't use the arrow keys whilst Jaws is running. One work around solution if you need to keep jaws running but want access to the arrow keys is to create a special Jaws keyboard manager file for that program, which allows you to set certain keys to be passed through by Jaws but only whilst using that particular game/program. If you've played either 'Manamon' or 'a hero's call' both games used the keyboard manager solution to allow jaws users to play the game whilst running jaws and give access to the arrow keys. it’s a fairly simple procedure, in the 'A Hero's call' topic page on audio games.net in post 1076 the user gives a link to a custom JKM file to get a hero's call working with jaws and instructions on how to use it. You can open the file with notepad to alter which keys are passed through if you want, the name of the file tells jaws which program to use the keyboard manager file with. So the file from the audiogames.net topic is called 'a hero's call', but you could change the name of the file to another game or program to get it to work with that. I've probably made it sound much more complex than it is, really its just a couple of minute job if that. if you decide to use this method and have any questions just let me know and I'll be happy to help or answer questions if I can. Paul
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of James Malone Sent: 09 December 2021 03:42 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Bypassing certain keys in a specific application? Ah, I realise I didn't explain myself properly, though thanks for the help regardless (I did know about jaws key 3)! Is there a way to either pass certain keys but not others to the application, or is there a way to enable some sort of pass through mode, if you will? Basically so I don't have to press insert 3 etc every time. It's a super niche case I'm making here possibly, the specific use case here is when playing certain games which require the arrow keys. Most of the time this question comes up the stock answer people usually give is to just use NVDA, but I'm more curious if such a thing can be done with JFW On 12/9/21, Steve Nutt <steve@comproom.co.uk> wrote: Yep, press JAWS Key and 3, then type in the key. It will be passed to
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paul lemm
Hi,
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Sorry, I meant to include the link to the topic on the Audiogames.net page which had t the download and instructions for the custom keyboard manager file for 'A hero's Call'. As mentioned in my previous email the details can be found in post 1076 and the link is below: https://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?id=23843&p=44 Paul
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of paul lemm via groups.io Sent: 09 December 2021 22:40 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Bypassing certain keys in a specific application? Hi, I play various audio games myself and have seen the arrow key issue come up various times for Jaws users, where you can't use the arrow keys whilst Jaws is running. One work around solution if you need to keep jaws running but want access to the arrow keys is to create a special Jaws keyboard manager file for that program, which allows you to set certain keys to be passed through by Jaws but only whilst using that particular game/program. If you've played either 'Manamon' or 'a hero's call' both games used the keyboard manager solution to allow jaws users to play the game whilst running jaws and give access to the arrow keys. it’s a fairly simple procedure, in the 'A Hero's call' topic page on audio games.net in post 1076 the user gives a link to a custom JKM file to get a hero's call working with jaws and instructions on how to use it. You can open the file with notepad to alter which keys are passed through if you want, the name of the file tells jaws which program to use the keyboard manager file with. So the file from the audiogames.net topic is called 'a hero's call', but you could change the name of the file to another game or program to get it to work with that. I've probably made it sound much more complex than it is, really its just a couple of minute job if that. if you decide to use this method and have any questions just let me know and I'll be happy to help or answer questions if I can. Paul -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of James Malone Sent: 09 December 2021 03:42 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Bypassing certain keys in a specific application? Ah, I realise I didn't explain myself properly, though thanks for the help regardless (I did know about jaws key 3)! Is there a way to either pass certain keys but not others to the application, or is there a way to enable some sort of pass through mode, if you will? Basically so I don't have to press insert 3 etc every time. It's a super niche case I'm making here possibly, the specific use case here is when playing certain games which require the arrow keys. Most of the time this question comes up the stock answer people usually give is to just use NVDA, but I'm more curious if such a thing can be done with JFW On 12/9/21, Steve Nutt <steve@comproom.co.uk> wrote: Yep, press JAWS Key and 3, then type in the key. It will be passed to
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Steve Nutt
Yes, I think you can do this with the keyboard manager.
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Undefine the keys you don't want to use in a particular application, bit like settings. All the best Steve -- To subscribe to our News and Special Offers list, go to https://www.comproom.co.uk/subscribe Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW T: +44(0)1438-742286 M: +44(0)7956-334938 F: +44(0)1438-759589 E: steve@comproom.co.uk W: https://www.comproom.co.uk
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of James Malone Sent: 09 December 2021 03:42 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Bypassing certain keys in a specific application? Ah, I realise I didn't explain myself properly, though thanks for the help regardless (I did know about jaws key 3)! Is there a way to either pass certain keys but not others to the application, or is there a way to enable some sort of pass through mode, if you will? Basically so I don't have to press insert 3 etc every time. It's a super niche case I'm making here possibly, the specific use case here is when playing certain games which require the arrow keys. Most of the time this question comes up the stock answer people usually give is to just use NVDA, but I'm more curious if such a thing can be done with JFW On 12/9/21, Steve Nutt <steve@comproom.co.uk> wrote: Yep, press JAWS Key and 3, then type in the key. It will be passed to
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James Malone
Just catching up on this thread now.
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@Adrian: Yeah I think I'll definitely throw forward that suggestion for a passthrough toggle, it'd be a neat idea. With that being said, there's very few cases where I'd probably use it, but could potentially be an easy way to get around the issues people sometimes have with Jaws intercepting keys before the application. I also can't think of too many cases where most people would need to use that either, but I personally say that about a lot of Jaws features. 😂 @Nermin: I was aware of the sleep thing, thanks for the suggestion though. That would be fine if I didn't need speech from Jaws in this specific case. @Paul: I had no idea either of those games had keyboard files for them, that's neat. I also haven't played either of them since they were released so that would explain it. ☺ This is exactly the kind of thing I was trying to do, I was trying to make a new keymap for the application but for whatever reason I couldn't see it in the keyboard manager (even running it from the quick settings menu). In years past, I seem to recall being able to choose from any open applications when choosing new keymap? I of course could be totally wrong and I'm misunderstanding how keyboard manager works now. I'm about to go look at that post you linked to, this could also answer some questions. @Steve: Again thanks for the suggestion. I'll totally try that if I can figure out why I can't seem to be able to create a new keymap for this specific application. Unless it's something I'm supposed to make in notepad now? For anyone curious, the application in question I was trying to work with is called Visual Boy Advance, which is an emulator for Gameboy Advance/Colour/Original. I discovered that there are scripts to make the first 2 generations of Pokemon games accessible. I personally felt super nostalgic as I'd played them as a kid, so thought I'd go and revisit them again. I personally ended up modifying the Visual Boy Advance keymap as well as the Pokemon Access script keys to get around the issue for the time being and found that I actually enjoyed this new configuration loads better personally. I still figured I'd keep this discussion going though as I do have other games I'd want to try this with. Also it's an issue I keep seeing Jaws users talk about from time to time and knew people had been getting around it.
On 12/11/21, Steve Nutt <steve@comproom.co.uk> wrote:
Yes, I think you can do this with the keyboard manager.
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