[gui-talk] P.S. re flat typing surfaces (was still hassling, etc.)

Joel Deutsch jdeutsch at dslextreme.com
Sat Jan 2 18:06:10 UTC 2010


David,

I forgot to mention that I do happen to have a fairly light but solid 
synthetic cutting board with non-skid rubber feet that holds my laptop 
precisely on my thighs.But my problem isn't really the laptop tilting or 
slipping on my legs. It's just the queer typing position it requires to type 
that way. So "flat surface" swill have to translate for now into some sort 
of table or desk, not just any flat surface. Arghh.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "davidw" <dwermuth1 at earthlink.net>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Still hassling with my laptop keyboard


Joel,

At first and still today after using my lap top I still find it a bit
awkward to type with it in my lap, or on my knee's.  I can do it but put it
on a hard surface and work from there.  Once you get comfortable with typing
then slowly introduce it back to your lap.

I know it is called a "lap top" but I assure you that unless your on a bus
or in a car most people use a table, coffee table, desk, it's much easier.

Again Hang in there,

David Wermuth

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
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Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Still hassling with my laptop keyboard


> Hi Lloyd,
>
> I'm aware that there's an area faintly outlined by grooves in the central
> area of that big flat hand rest slab beneath the keyboard area. I knew to
> look out for it just from things people said on lists, and the sighted
> friend who configured this particular Acer for me pointed out exactly
> where
> it was, disabled it partly in the bios (he's an I T professional, so he
> knows what  he's doing) but warned me to simply keep my hands clear of the
> area, no matter what. So far I've put in hours sitting with this machine
> on
> my knees and learning slowly to use it, and I've so far been entirely
> successful in avoiding that patch that is the touch pad. I'm not
> misspelling
> words like that last one, just breaking them up so that Jaws doesn't
> mispronounce them, which drives me nuts.
>
> Thanks for the warning, though. And Happy New Year!
>
> Joel
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <lras at sprynet.com>
> To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Still hassling with my laptop keyboard
>
>
> The central part of that "hand rest" is probably a touchpad, which acts
> like
> a mouse.  If you haven't already done so, you need to deactivate it and
> learn how to deactivate it in the future in case it decides to come back
> to
> life.  Clicking or touching in the wrong places can really mess you up.
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
>> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 1:08 AM
>> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Still hassling with my laptop keyboard
>>
>> Ted,
>>
>> Thanks a lot for the moral support. I've been putting in about an hour of
>> just practicing nearly every day, and I can see that I've begun to
>> memorize
>> and visualize (a formerly sighted person's habitual way of mapping things
>> the little keyboard, and I guess I'm making some progress. I'm still a
>> long
>> way from my fantasy of sitting back in an easy chair with the laptop on
>> my
>> knees and just typing away; even when I get more of the keyboard
>> memorized,
>> I know I'll probably always be struck by the feeling that it isn't a
>> normal
>> typist's keyboard. Wrong hand position, and that slab of "hand rest," I
>> guess it's thought of, just screws things up if you're a serious typist.
>> If
>> children were all given their first piano lessons on something akin to
>> this,
>> not many of them would grow up to be serious pianists, I'm afraid.
>>
>> But I'll keep working at it and see if I can develop a level of skill and
>> comfort that's "good enough," to steal a phrase from psychology. The
>> good-enough mother, it was.
>>
>> Thanks again for the moral support. I was starting to think I was really
>> lame. Now I see it's truly difficult, but can be done if you're
>> determined.
>>
>> Joel
>
>
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