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Authored by: syrreg on Nov 15, '02 10:01:58AM

This is kind of cool. It's too bad the typing sound had to be associated with the Universal Access preferences rather than with the Keyboard or Sound preferences. With the current implementation of this feature, using the Delete key on the keyboard to backspace over text that you've typed is painfully slow - it's too bad there isn't a slider somewhere to adjust the key rate for backspace. Perhaps I missed something?



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Authored by: mm2270 on Nov 15, '02 10:36:26AM

I just set this on my Mac here at work, and I'm seeing no delay whatesover (dual 450 G4 w/640 MB, X.2.2), even with the backspace.
I also set the key repeat settings to the following: Key repeat rate to Fast, and Delay until repeat to Short. Maybe that's why I'm not seeing any delay? Since the Universal Access stuff tends to cause a delay, maybe setting the keyboard to respond as fast as possible can override it a bit. I would try that if you're having problems.
Those settings can be found under the keyboard pref pane, and can be accessed with the button directly within Universal Access.



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