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Adding Mouse commands to your
AQLS AlphaBetic program
So you have AQLS AlphaBetic and want to be able
to control a mouse on a computer screen. The problem is that when it was
developed, the aim was to provide computer commands via keyboard shortcuts
because moving a mouse takes time. For the client with limited movement,
this makes sense.
However, there are some folks who still want to have access to mouse
control and have found that the COMPUTER MODE in Unity offers this but
AQLS AlphaBetic doesn't.
One option is to take the clear color-highlighted computer access overlay
that comes with the Pathfinder and drop it on to you AQLS overlay. Then,
you program each computer command for each key in COMPUTER MODE. The down
side of this is that it will take some time.
The second option is to use a couple of special macros that will save
you significant reprogramming time. Here are step-by-step instructions
on what to do.
STAGE ONE: Loading and Modifying the Unity Mouse Movements
1: Go to the SYSTEM MENU and select "User Area."
2: Press "Switch User Area" and go to an unused Area.
3: Select "Overlay Menu" followed by "Load PF Unity 128
Single Hit." This will load the regular Unity single-hit vocabulary
into that user area, and this includes the COMPUTER MODE keys for mouse
movement.
4: Press "OK" until you are out of the SYSTEM MENU.
5: Go back into the SYSTEM MENU and choose "Assign Key."
6: Select key F8, the "Spell/Minspeak" key on your AQLS overlay.
7: Choose "Computer Assignment." You will see <GO-TO-MINSPEAK>
on the display.
8: Select "Insert Tool."
9: Hit the "More Items" key until you get to a key saying
"User Area Menu." Press it.
10: Type in a number "1" followed by the number of the User
Area where your AQLS program is stored. Typically it is in User Area 1,
so just type another "1."
11: Type a number "8" to end the modifications, then hit the
"OK" key to get out of the "Assign Key" menu. Here's
what is should look like if you've done the steps above:
STAGE 2: Setting AQLS to use the Mouse Movements
1: Change User Area to AQLS AlphaBetic.
2. Choose "Store Core" in the SYSTEM MENU.
3. Select "X"(E7) and "SPACE" (I8) followed by "OK."
4. Select "Spell Text for Message."
5: Select "Insert Tool."
6: Hit the "More Items" key until you get to a key saying
"User Area Menu." Press it.
10: Type in a number "1" followed by the number of the User
Area where you have just loaded "Unity 128 Single Hit."
11. Select "Insert Tool" and then "More Items" to
select GO TO COMPUTER.
12. Select "Insert Tool" and then "More Items" to
select SERIAL ON.
13. Hit "OK" and you're all set!
Now you can hit X + SPACE to get into Mouse Movements, then hit "Spell/Minspeak"
to get back to AQLS.
Notice that the "Spell/Minspeak" key has OPTION on the computer
emulation overlay. You have sacrificed this temporarily. If you need this
key, you need to reprogram it under a COMPUTER MODE assignment for another
key - the "ALL" key is free.
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