Hi Tom I can't say for sure that it works. I'm not sure if there is any one on the list that can confirm this. I have talked to a mag guru and he believes that it should be usable with the different mag options on windows.
HTH --FC On May 7, 2011, at 1:50 PM, soundog wrote: > Frank, that means that PT in Windows will work with ZoomText? I have > PT on a Mac and haven't had a chance to try this yet, but am curious > about it, and whether they are fully compatible or if there are some > conflicts of commands. > > Jake, your questions are great, but I'm also a beginner at > investigating how well Voiceover works and what's lacking there that a > control surface can provide. > > I'm a sighted professional engineer at a non-profit studio, where > we've been working for years with visually-impaired or non-sighted > users on Sonar with Jaws, and I'm now trying to work out the issues > with ProTools, which is our main recording platform. We don't > currently have a control surface but I'm also looking at the options > for what we could use. > > thanks all, Tom > > On May 5, 1:19 pm, Frank Carmickle <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi >> >> Also, of course, you will only be able to use PT on windows with >> magnification. Speech and braille do not work at this time. >> >> HTH >> --FC >> >> On May 5, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Nickus de Vos wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi I can give you a answer on the pro tools on pc part. Pro tools was >>> originally designed for mac, for a long time it only worked on mac. A >>> couple of years ago they made it for pc and a lot of people even in >>> mid sized project studios run it on pc with success but your real way >>> to go would be pro tools on mac. If you don't have the money for a mac >>> and already have the pc go for it, I can't say that it's worse on pc >>> than on mac, the only time you'll really realise the difference is >>> when running a lot of tracks at the same time or doing complicated >>> mixes with a lot of plug ins etc. it will just be more stable on mac. >>> Then if you want to go HD it is a complete different story, then pc is >>> a definate no, no, pro tools HD will work on pc but I won't recommend >>> it at all accept if you like crashing and hanging or just plainly stop >>> working. I hope this helps you as I said if you have a mac rather run >>> pro tools on the mac but if you have no other option pc will be fine. >> >>> Jake wrote: >>>> Thanks for the quick response, how well does PT work in conjunction with >>>> zoom? Also please elaborate about the control surface, does it make PT >>>> measurably easier to operate for the Voice Over user? >> >>>> Thanks much for indulging a beginner and my much to simplistic questions. >>>> Jake >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "soundog" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "Pro Tools Accessibility" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:16 AM >>>> Subject: Re: need a recamendation on a control serfis >> >>>> A couple thoughts Jake.... >> >>>> The entry-level control surface is the Digi 003, with eight assignable >>>> faders and encoder knobs, plus some permanently assigned knobs and >>>> buttons. If you're doing smaller sessions this may be all you >>>> need..... especially if you can make use of the illuminated display >>>> that tells you what the faders are currently controlling. I haven't >>>> tested Voiceover with this setup though to know what it will indicate >>>> about the hardware status. >> >>>> The more sophisticated control surfaces with a full fader panel are >>>> also a lot more expensive, and take up a lot more room. Generally >>>> these are for larger sessions, but it depends on whether you want to >>>> avoid the "layered" approach of the 003. >> >>>> As for ZoomText..... on the Mac the Apple version is called Zoom, >>>> part of the same Accesibility panel where you find Voiceover, but it's >>>> not nearly what ZoomText provides. Kind of like Zoom plus Voiceover >>>> begins to approach ZoomText but... not quite. >> >>>> I'm still learning what's available and possible, and don't have PT >>>> installed on a PC to test it yet as we're pretty much a Mac house, >>>> but.... will let you know when I get to that. >> >>>> Tom >> >>>> On May 2, 9:19 pm, "Jake" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> As the subject implies I need a recommendation on a good entry level >>>>> control surface to run with PT and Voice Over. I also have a general >>>>> question as to does PT work with either ZoomText for the PC or the Mac >>>>> equivalent. >> >>>>> thanks much >>>>> Jake
