[Trainer-Talk] Laptop layout versus desktop layout

[Nimer Jaber]

Hello Kelsey,

As a trainer, I mostly stick to using concepts that are transferable to any
screen reader, and to the operating system. In that case, the keyboard
layout makes very little difference. Certainly, some screen reader commands
are modified, but for navigation and traversal through the OS, browsing,
etc., the layout really has negligible impact. It is only really once you
start getting to be an intermediate to advanced user that the layout begins
to matter. For example, for JAWS and NVDA, the various screen reader modes
and cursors have different keyboard commands, and the difference begins to
matter a bit there.

Just my thoughts on this.

On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 9:49 AM Kelsey Nicolay via Trainer-Talk <
trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
> I was curious what you guys think about this. I have always learned to use
> JAWS in desktop layout, never really messing with laptop layout too much
> because all my laptops have had number pads. However, I have heardfrom
> others that knowing laptop layout is important Because you never know when
> you might have to use a laptop that does not have a number fad. I always
> thought that which keyboard layout to uie is personal preference, but from
> a trainer perspective, do you teach both and let students decide or is one
> layout better than the other?
> Sent from Kelsey Nicolay’s iPhone
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Nimer Jaber

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