Thanks Slau Chuck and Sean, this is helping me to iron out some thoughts for
work flow.
I'd forgotten about hot spots, which I must explore on VO regardless.
I've a steep learning curve too because come next February in my Masters
course I'll be attempting to programme simple synthesiser interfaces that
will be VO friendly...if I make any grounds on that front I'll share
anything I happen to develop with you guys, though it probably won't be
ProTools related.
Chuck, great to know your sharing my suffering with the focus on the plugin
window,, and that I wasn't just going mad!! haha
Brian.
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From: "Sean A. Cummins" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 9:11 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: plugins/digi003
Slau,
And that is what Tim is working on. Smile!
Sean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Slau Halatyn" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: plugins/digi003
Hi Jon,
VoiceOver doesn't automatically read selective items within a window.
Imagine this: You have a window with 20 parameters being displayed among
other things like a pop-up menu for insert, plug-in type, factory default,
etc. When you change one of the 20 parameters by using the seventh encoder
knob on the control surface which happens to coincide with the third
parameter in the plug-in, well, you can imagine that such integral
functionality can only be achieved through scripting of a screen reader or
having a purpose-written application running in the background.
What you can do, however, is use VoiceOver to go to each subsequent
parameter while changing values and using VO-f3 to check the values. For
that matter, it's almost just as easy, once you're on a parameter, to
simply change it with VoiceOver. Where a control surface is truly fast and
efficient, however, is when you get to know the plug-in you're working
with and you can simply tweak an encoder knob to get the result you seek.
Rather than worrying about the difference between a ratio of 2.5 to 1
versus 2.6 to 1, one can use the encoder knobs the way knobs have been
used for decades on outboard gear and that's by ear. Of course, even with
outboard gear, a blind user would need to acquaint themselves with the
function of each knob, its range, etc. Using encoder knobs on a control
surface is hardly different. The difference is in the consistency of
getting the encoders to reflect the parameters rather than pan or send
values but that's a matter of knowing one's control surface and being able
to recreate steps consistently.
Slau
On Nov 26, 2010, at 11:23 AM, Jon Solitro wrote:
How does one get VoiceOver to read what each knob does when in insert
mode for a particular plugin on the 003?
