Well that's good news! Slowly turning wheels are better than stationary
ones. Only part I'd question is "few alternatives" because as things stand
in Mac OS, i'm not sure we have one, but that's not their fault at all.
Sounds like he's rooting for us anyway, so muchos thankos Mr Gibbons!
Cheers to Jerry and Rick and everyone who signed the petition and whatnot as
well obviously.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Slau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:49 PM
Subject: latest update from Digidesign on Pro Tools
Although this will be posted at the Pro Tools petition site, I thought I'd
post it here first, given the recent flurry of messages on the subject. My
most recent inquiry with Digidesign was before the holidays and I hadn't
heard anything back for a while. This morning, an update came in and it
appears below.
We have concluded our research on how to change to technical underpinnings
of the way Pro Tools draws graphical objects that I described in my email
below, and are at work on migrating to a new graphical architecture. Due to
the size and complexity of the application, we expect this architectural
change to take most of the year. This change provides a foundation which
will allow some future version of Pro Tools to have screen reader capability
under OS X, but as I explain below, a second process will be required to
ensure that each graphical object identifies itself correctly to the
operating system. It's most likely that we'll have to do this second stage
progressively over a period of a few years, meaning that screen reader
support would gradually emerge over the span of several Pro Tools releases.
I appreciate that this slow pace is frustrating to a community that has few
alternatives, and I personally am committed to helping ensure that people
with limited vision can also share in the creative rewards that come from
using our products. I hope that you will take heart from this message, and
know that the wheels are turning to make this happen (even if they are
turning slowly!)
Feel free to check in with me at any time for an update,
Best regards,
- David
David Gibbons
VP, Product Marketing, Digidesign
