Doug. That was it. Bravo! It does not explain why the default key was not working before, but I was able to assign mine. It is the one just under the escape key, which unfortunately does not have

Works in all Skype windows... but I think I just spotted the issue: MKCSOptions needs brackets around it, to conform to .ini file syntax which is the syntax of jcf

Hi Doug, take your time. Here is the last thing I did, wrote this ridiculous line in the JCF file : MKCSOptions CommandKey=r Saved it and went back to Skype. But the letter r did not act as a

Ideas to try besides a temporary letter: ` or accent ~ or Shift+` or Shift+accent < or Shift+, F2 Shift+F2 etc. A bit of tech info to help your curiosity: When you type a key, one thing that happens

Hi Doug, Jaws says something like superscript 2, But I don't know if I spell it right. Does it help? Anyway, I would still like to know why the default prefix key does not work either. I could even

And any ASCII value above decimal 127 is out of the normal range for printable characters; so I expect that key has a name in JAWS. We just need to know what it is.

Wow. stranger. The ASCII value is 178 . Cheers, JPR http://www.jprykiel.com http://soundcloud.com/ryksounet http://twitter.com/ryksounet http://facebook.com/jeanphilipperykiel

In my mail program, the first key name you gave prints as ?? so I can't tell what it is. ` printed fine. Most likely, the key name we want is the one that goes through the KeyPressedEvent function as

Hi Doug, the key I would like to assign is², which is the same as` on a French keyboard. But even in other jaws versions where I haven't changed the JCF file, the default key,left bracket, is not

I still bet the problem is that JAWS wants a particular name for that key instead of just the key itself. Apologies if I missed it amid all else today lol, but what key are you trying to assign as

Hello Doug, thank you for the key application enlightenment. Some wise person once said that all disabilities aren't equal. I guess adding to that the myriad of devices and personalizedconfigurations

Hi Michele. I can confirm that no Extra file has been created and that the CFG Replace the Previous one, as its Modification date is today. I think I tried everything I could, including removing all

Alt+Win+numbers can be obnoxious to type frequently, especially when a keyboard has only one Alt or Windows key. Alt+numbers or Ctrl+numbers are much less challenging even in such a case because the

Hey Doug, Regarding your old keystrokes verses apps stepping on you by hijackingthem with their newer upgrades: Could a simple fix just be for you to add the windows key to the keycombos? I only offer

Hey guys, first of all I'd like to thank Doug because I did not know these step for copying the file location. We always learn something new, lol! Jean, be careful to one thing which I noticed. I

Hi Doug, I was able to do the change, but still no luck. No prefix key, the only thing that happens when you press the key in question is that Jaws pronounces it. Same in Jaws 18. I wonder what

Ah, I thought Notepad would be an option there... so here is one alternative: Open "Explore My Settings" for your JAWS version using your Start menu or Start screen, or otherwise navigate to that

hi Doug. I need to know how to do this. First, do you have to open this file in notepad? How do you do this? If I type Application key on a JCF file, and go to open with, notepad is not in the

Yes, the jcf. The jss would contain a default value, but the jcf is where any updates to it go for a user; so the jcf setting will override the jss value for that key if found.

Hi Doug. I'm using Jaws 2018  under French Windows 7, Jaws key plus F1 twice opens the Scripts user guide, and Jaws key plus Q reports the revision number, which makes me think that the script is