Help with iOS remote desktop tools

Hi,
have you tried the laptop layout? with it you should be able to move by object. laptop shortcut is nvda+shift and arrows.. more infos about laptop layout in the user guide.

Hi,
for my iphone and nvda remote, i use a little bluetooth keyboard iClever and capslock works as expected. I can use object navigation without any problems, as well as mouse clicks, etc... you should try a different keyboard with laptop layout in nvda.
But I don't use NVDA Remote for complex operations; most often it's just for audio monitoring a pc or for simple commands. I don't think this app is really designed for full remote PC access due to the problem with external keyboards and iOS

As IOS is so locked down, I don't think there is anything phone side you can change to simulate this. The only thing I can suggest is using sharp keys or a similar mapping tool on the host machine to remap a seldom used key.

I also wonder if a windows keyboard, like the iclever, which I believe is designed for windows, treats caps differently.

I dug out my old Apple Magic Keyboard, and the Caps Lock key works normally as an nvda key there too, and navigating in windows with NVDA is much smoother than with the iClever.

with the Laptop Layout, there's no need for a numeric keypad.

Thanks for reviving the discussion; it made me realize that the Magic Keyboard is a good solution for nvda remote:)
it doesn't resolve your nvda key problem, but could help other users.

I've got an iPhone, a VM running NVDA, and an Apple Magic keyboard and an iClever something or other with a numpad. I'd be happy to do some testing if you can hit me with the very basics. Obviously set up an NVDA remote session so NVDA can be controlled. But then what am I doing on the phone to connect to it and all? I've never used anything like that, but I'm curious anyway. So I'm happy to do a bit of testing, if it would help. Well, unless I have to pay a bunch of money I guess.

I used to use jump to remote back into my mac from my iPad and iPhone and it was a great solution... Until it wasn't. Something has broken in recent versions of mac OS which doesn't allow voiceover speech to pass even though the system sounds and every other piece of audio does. I don't know what has happened and have tried many many solves. I am left in the belief it is simply broken and requires some fix from the apple end... Which won't happen.

I'm just putting this here in case anyone thinks it is also a solution for remote into Mac as, far as I know, it doesn't work.

So the kind of thing you're trying to do, you could just use the NVDA Remote app? I ask because you did mention Jump Desktop in your initial post. But I mean, in theory if you figured a keyboard workaround/fix for NVDA Remote on the phone by itself, that would also work with Jump Desktop?

I just want to make sure I'm tinkering with the right stuff, in case by some miracle I stumble across something that actually might help.

I'm curious to see what happens. I'm also trying to think of a key that doesn't get used much for potential remapping, and I'm not readily coming up with something, so I'll have to play around and see if anything comes up. I'm surprised the app doesn't cover something like this though. How does it want you to use it, if iOS intercepts the caps lock key? Obvious question I guess, have you tried turning Voiceover off? Or does it need VO for voice feedback from NVDA?

I can't remember the last time I used that.

It's the key to the left of 1.

Admittedly I am unaware of all of the changes MacBooks have undergone between intel models and M series models. I, do, know that you can go into KB settings and select whether the FN key is needed for special functions (volume, media controls, etc) or not.

Mac actually has an Insert key, or at least my intel model does. It is Insert + Enter.

So my question, could you not lock the FN key and use that insert key for a screen reader key?
I realize it would be awkward, but I haven't seen anyone else mention this function so I thought I'd ask. 😇