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Also, Caps lock as a VO modifier does not work, you have to use Control + Alt. In that case you have to activate items with QuickNav on using Up and Down arrow simultaneously instead. However, even then, Control + Alt + Space bar won't work for the iOS device if Control + Space bar is assigned on the Mac to switch the keyboard language. Second, if you go to Type2phone > Preferences via menubar and under the Devices tab check the 'Forward unmapped keyboard shortcuts (advanced users)' option, more keyboard shortcuts start to work on the iOS device, such as Control + Alt + M to move to the status bar or Control + Alt + Shift + M for double tap and hold.

However, when you turn VoiceOver off on the Mac, the arrow keys start to work well, and some of the VO commands do so as well, such as Control + Alt + F for text search, or Control + Alt + T for the text attributes announcements. First, when you have VoiceOver enabled on the Mac, all the commands that use the VO modifier Control + Alt, do not get sent to a connected iOS device, neither the simultaneous press of the Up and Left arrow keys, or Up and Right arrow keys works reliably.

However, fortunately, the shortcuts can be added using Mac System Keyboard Preferences. Even the keyboard shortcuts for iOS apps more or less work, but for those which need the Shift key I have to first turn QuickNav off, and those that use the Alt key don't work for me at all, though it's a rare minority of them, and it might start to work if some Type2phone preferences are modified.Īnd one more note, you can not assign keyboard shortcuts directly in Type2Phone using VoiceOver, as the button for this purpose, under Special > Customize Special Menu Shortcuts, is not accessible. For example, Control + Alt + F for text search works if you turn off VoiceOver on the Mac, andStandard shortcuts for text operations, such as Command + A or Command + C, and those available when QuickNav is turned off, such as Command or Option + arrow keys, with the optional Shift key for text selection, work pretty good, as well as Single-key QuickNav shortcuts for navigating web content. Note that there are actually more keyboard shortcuts one can use apart from those listed in the Special menu. I have posted a comment about a Type2Phone and 1Keyboard comparison on the AppleVis 1Keyboard App Directory entry, where you can read a little bit more about keyboard shortcuts in Type2Phone. But maybe we will see them in the future versions, as I've already got a response on the developer's forum concerning this and adding a possibility to create your own keyboard shortcuts to be send to the iOS device.

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However, what I am missing there, for instance, is the command for pausing and resuming speech, as the Control key, which normally does that on a Bluetooth keyboard, is not working. There are also commands for going to next or previous area. They are named as 'Quick Nav - Select Last Item' and 'Quick Nav - Select First Item'. However, in the current version, the commands you mentioned are there. No, it's not possible to add more commands to those available in the Special menu list.