Hello. This sounds like a wonderful idea. Blind and Sighted ProTools users side by side showing there concern. Lets get this thing going. This is what I have been waiting for. Tracy Son.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Philippe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussions on the use of VoiceOver in professional audio environments" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 17:09 Subject: Re: potential petition for Pro Tools accessibility Hi Rick and all, I definitely will sign for this one and if you agree, I will forward this mail to some cited pro tools user friends of mine who also feel concerned with this problem. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring some sighted users to sign the petition to. Actually, it would be a very good thing for the image of DigiDesign to let people know that they care about blind users. What do you say? Jean-Philippe Rykiel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Halatyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 11:48 PM Subject: potential petition for Pro Tools accessibility > For the sake of keeping the subject clear for those who just scan subject > lines without necessarily reading each message, I've changed the subject > and > pasted the original below: > >>From Rick Boggs > DigiDesign is aware of the > fact that ProTools is not currently compatible with the Voice Over > feature of the Apple Mac OS. > > The Western Regional Sales Manager and his superior are both aware, > in addition to the head of the development division and two employees > in that same division. > > We have repeatedly asked DigiDesign to simply announce their > intention to insure that the ProTools software will become compatible > with Voice over at some point. To date, no such announcement has > been made. Apparently, the person in charge of assigning the > specific programming tasks is concerned that this compatibility issue > will require an inordinate amount of time to complete. > > It is important that we, as audio recording technology consumers, > make DigiDesign aware that dozens or hundreds of blind and low vision > producers are using or intend to use ProTools. It may be time to > organize a petition, since several discussions with appropriate > personnel have not produced any forward momentum. > > If we could get a count from this list of how many would sign a > petition asking DigiDesign to announce their intent to insure > compatibility with Voice Over, then we could assess our potential > effectiveness. > > Please state on this list if you would be willing to sign such a petition. > > Thank you. > > Remember, DigiDesign did intentionally make adjustments to their > software in 1994 so that it would be compatible with outSPOKEN, so > this is not a novel idea. > > Rick Boggs > Sound Adventures, Inc. > 16161 Ventura Blvd #788 > Encino, CA 91436 > (818) 782-7733 > < > http://www.rickboggs.com> > > _______________________________________________ > ProAudio mailing list > [email protected] > http://macvisionaries.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio_macvisionaries.com > > > _______________________________________________ > ProAudio mailing list > [email protected] > http://macvisionaries.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio_macvisionaries.com > > _______________________________________________ ProAudio mailing list [email protected] http://macvisionaries.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio_macvisionaries.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 _______________________________________________ ProAudio mailing list [email protected] http://macvisionaries.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio_macvisionaries.com
