APPENDIX C
VE CURSOR COMMANDS

This same information can be retrieved directly from the help submenu in
the voice control panel.  You can press PAGEDOWN for the next screen,
PAGEUP for the previous or Escape to quit.

The VE cursor is an alternative to Review Mode.  The VE cursor is an
interactive cursor, meaning that your applications program is not
suspended while reviewing the screen.  If you type a command which is
not a VE cursor command, it will be passed directly through to the
underlying application program.  In other words, you do not have to exit
the VE cursor in order to communicate to your applications program.

All of the VE cursor commands have been assigned to the numeric
keypad.  Users with a 101-key keyboard will notice the dedicated arrow
keys and six-pack are not used by the VE cursor.  All Vocal-Eyes hot keys
are always relative to the applications cursor even if the VE cursor is
active.  Only the numeric keypad is used to retrieve information from the
VE cursor position.

By default, Vocal-Eyes has assigned the gray - (dash) located on the
numeric keypad to toggle between the applications cursor and the VE
cursor.  Once the VE cursor is active, the numlock must be in the off
position.  If on, the numeric keypad will send the appropriate numbers to
the applications program.

The VE cursor can be used anytime, even if you are in review mode or if
you are in the voice control panel.  You can even use the VE cursor to
review the help screens.  Basically, the VE cursor is always available for
your commands.

The available commands are as follows:

- 7 or HOME will move the VE cursor to column 1 of the current line.

- 1 or END will move the VE cursor to the first space after the last
printable character on the current line.

- 8 or up arrow will move the VE cursor to the previous line and read it.  If
you prefer to speak the new character or word instead, you can use the
"V" command in review mode to setup your choice.  The VE cursor is
also relative to this setting.

- 2 or down arrow will move the VE cursor to the next line and read it. 
As for the up arrow, you can use the "V command in review mode to
change this to read the new character or word instead.

- 9 or PAGEUP will move the cursor to the top left of the screen.

- 3 or PAGEDOWN will move the cursor to the first column of the last
line.

- 4 or left arrow will move the cursor left and read the character.

- 6 or right arrow will move the cursor right and read the character.

- 5 or center key will read the character currently under the VE cursor.  If
pressed a second time, the character will be pronounced phonetically.

- Period or delete will speak the current VE cursor position.

- Gray plus key will route the application cursor position to the VE cursor
position.  The routing technique used here is just like the technique used
in review mode.  If the application program supports the four arrow keys
and will allow you to move the application cursor to the position of the VE
cursor, Vocal-Eyes should have no problem routing the cursor.  Just as
when routing the review cursor, you may have to adjust the route delay
value using option seventeen in the general menu.

Notice how these keys are laid out on the keypad.  This should help you
remember what each key does.

All of these commands are nice but there are even more.  We have set up
the 0 or insert key as a sort of shift key.  If you hold this key down and
press any of the keys just described, you will get new results.  The
following list describes each of the keys again assuming you are holding
down the 0 or insert key.  This is a very handy key to press and hold
using your right thumb while pressing the desired key with your right
fingers.

- 7 or HOME will read the text from the beginning of the line up to the VE
cursor.

- 9 or PAGEUP will read the text from the VE cursor to the end of the line.

- 8 or up arrow will read the current line.

- 4 or left arrow will move the VE cursor left by word and read the word.

- 6 or right arrow will move the VE cursor right by word and read the
word.

- 5 or center key will speak the word currently under the VE cursor. 
Pressing it twice will spell it and three times will spell it phonetically.  As
always, while it is spelling, the speech rate will be lowered by a value of
two.

- 1 or END will read the first line of the screen.

- 3 or PAGEDOWN will read the last line of the screen

- 2 or down arrow will read everything from the VE cursor to the end of
the screen.

- period or delete will read the applications cursor position.

- Gray plus will route the VE cursor to the application cursor position.

While in VE cursor mode, you have access to the full screen.  You are not
limited by the current window coordinates.