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Re: Capslock as modifier

Quentin Christensen
 

Gene there are two settings mentioned in the thread, which initially sound similar, but work differently to each other:

In NVDA's keyboard settings there is an option "Beep if typing lowercase letters when caps lock is on".  That option beeps when caps lock is on AND you then press SHIFT and type a letter (which will come out lowercase).  That option works regardless of your keyboard echo settings.

In NVDA'S speech settings there is an option "Beep for capitals".  With that on whenever you arrow to a capital letter or type a capital letter, NVDA will beep, however it only does this when reading the letter, so it only reads while typing if speak typed characters is enabled.

Kind regards

Quentin.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 9:29 PM Gene <gsasner@...> wrote:
I don't know if this varies when using different versions of Windows or for
some other reason.

gene
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Mullins
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 4:54 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Capslock as modifier



Hi

My settings are: synth set to beep if capital letter, speak typed characters
off, speak typed words on.



This does not beep when typing CAPITAL LETTERS, either with capslock on or
when using shift with caps lock off.  Using shift with caps lock on does
produce a beep.  In other words, the synthesizer setting that indicates
capital letters only works when typing if Speak typed characters is on.



I'm using Windows 10 2004 and NVDA 2020.2



Cheers

Chris





From: Gene
Sent: 27 August 2020 03:21
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Capslock as modifier





I just tested this and it beeps when speak typed characters is on or off.

It does it when speak words is on or off as well, so the screen-reader could

be silent and it would still beep.



Gene

-----Original Message-----

From: Quentin Christensen

Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:18 PM

To: nvda@nvda.groups.io

Subject: Re: [nvda] Capslock as modifier





It should still beep when typing a lowercase letter with caps lock on - so

if you have double pressed the caps lock key and caps lock is on.  If you

then press SHIFT and type a letter (which will come out lowercase) NVDA will

beep.



In NVDA'S speech settings there is an option "Beep for capitals".  With that

on whenever you arrow to a capital or type a capital letter, NVDA will beep,

however it only does this when reading the letter, so it only reads when

typing, if speak typed characters is enabled.



Quentin.





On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 10:54 AM Janet Brandly <jbrandly@...> wrote:





To add to my last note, although I have the box checked in the keyboard

settings to let me know if capital keys are being typed when I want lower

case, that’s not working. I’ve got it set to say words as I type them, so

perhaps that is the problem? I really don’t need to hear each character.























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