Even on the windows side of things, dancing Dots no longer develops the scripts for Sibelius which is now up to version 6. The last accessible version through scripts was for version 3.x. There was someone developing open source scripts for version 5 but I'm not sure where that currently stands. Notation is especially difficult to deal with from an accessibility standpoint. What made it a bit easier in sibelius was the fact that there was a sort of control panel that displayed all of the parameters for the current note position, that is, pitch, duration, position in measure, articulation,etc. What made it possible to have JaWS speak the various parameters was, of course, the scripting. Unfortunately, the whole success rested on having all the windows positioned just so and if anything was moved or out of place, there would be errors. Also, if a new version came out, many things were broken and people were chronically left behind in terms of versions.
I have to say, it's one of those things that's sorely missing for blind users in general but especially on the Mac side of things. Slau On Nov 14, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I've also asked the midi mag list and no one can come up with a solution. You > can't be telling me I have to go back to windows to write especially since I > lost my midi drives for my old oxygen keyboard. > > S > On Nov 14, 2010, at 6:20 AM, David Hole wrote: > >> Hi folks. >> I asked the same question a little month ago, but I didn't get any response. >> Maybe anyone have tried Sibelius 6 on the Mac? >> Btw, Sarah, which kind of choir music are you into? (You can mail me >> off-list if ye wish :) ) >> -David >> >> Den 14.11.2010 03:58, skrev Sarah Alawami: >>> I would also like ot know that. I want to get writing choir music again. >>> I've got so much in my head I want to get out there. >>> >>> S >>> On Nov 13, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Joshua Loya wrote: >>> >>>> Hello my fellow Mac loving musicians, >>>> What options, if any, are there for music notation software on the Mac? I >>>> know a lot of sighted people who use Finale, but I haven't messed with it, >>>> and I haven't touched music notation since I lost my sight, with the >>>> exception of a very basic primer in braille music. I know that Dancing >>>> Dots has some solutions on the Windows side, but I would really prefer to >>>> keep things Mac centric around here. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Joshua >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
