I'll be getting one to test and will inform the list. Best, Slau
On Sep 13, 2014, at 4:37 AM, Scott Chesworth <[email protected]> wrote: > Smart move preempting the situation. Thanks for keeping us informed Slau. > > On 9/12/14, Ricky Prevatte <[email protected]> wrote: >> Glad you posted this I was just getting ready to go and buy it. I thought >> they may have a special price on that. I believe I'll just hold off a little >> while longer I would have to do a lot to my MacBook to get ProTools >> running. >> >> Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154 >> >>> On Sep 12, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Some of you might have noticed an announcement about new products from >>> Apogee and Avid which is a collaboration between the two companies >>> involving the Apogee Duet and Quartet bundled with Pro Tools. What might >>> have caught your attention about this particular announcement is the fact >>> that, for the first time, the Duet and Quartet are Windows compatible. >>> This is good news for Windows users but potentially bad news for Mac users >>> using VoiceOver. Apogee has traditionally been a Mac-only environment. >>> Their Maestro software that controls their interfaces is very accessible >>> because it's written for Mac exclusively and controls are accessible out >>> of the gate. Having a cross-platform situation alarmed me. >>> >>> I've spoken with Apogee and Avid and, although there isn't a clear answer >>> as of yet, the situation will be examined shortly. To be clear, the >>> products are Pro Tools specific and have their own software written by >>> Avid to control the interfaces. Unfortunately, this all came as a surprise >>> to the people at Avid who deal with Pro Tools and are aware of >>> accessibility issues. It appears that there was a bit of miscommunication >>> which actually affects the team dealing with Pro Tools on a larger scale >>> as they were, forgive the pun, blindsided by the announcement. >>> >>> I've been assured that, in case of any problems with the software >>> accessibility, Avid would make good on making sure it's accessible. >>> >>> Further, this does not affect the regular version of Pro Tools and it >>> doesn't affect the regular Apogee duet and quartet interfaces. Those >>> interfaces still use the accessible Maestro software and the interfaces >>> work fine with Pro Tools. It's only the newly introduce Pro Tools-specific >>> Duet and Quartet bundled with Pro Tools that use the new cross-platform >>> software. >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
