Nope, meter information won't dynamically refresh on a Braille display in this case. The meters output their readings to VoiceOver through an accessibility API, and VoiceOver then decides to spit out that info as speech, Braille or both depending on the choices made in VO prefs. IE, because there's no direct link between Pro Tools and the Braille display, the method of manually grabbing readings that you're used to will be mirrored, just without the talky part.
For what it's worth, I very briefly tried a system for SADiE many year ago that made heavy use of a Braille display. It was nice to have a quieter environment when I was editing, but the thing I couldn't quite wrap my head around was that my reading speed is always going to be slower than the rate I can process synthetic speech at. It also felt like I'd need to have grown an extra pair of hands to be properly efficient. YMMV though, as a certain someone often says around these parts ;) Scott On 7/22/15, Stefan Albertshauser <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Criss, > > As far as I have tried it, the braille display doesn’t refresh on the level > meter. > > Best Stefan >> Am 21.07.2015 um 19:02 schrieb Christopher-Mark Gilland >> <[email protected]>: >> >> Guys, >> >> My best friend, Ben, is down here visiting for a while. With him, he has >> brought along a Pacmate QX40 Classic original 40 cell braille display. No >> pacmate as well I can play with, he left that at home... LOL! >> >> Anyway, later, I will be trying it out on the mac. I'm using it right now >> on my Windows 8.1 laptop with JAWS 16. I've been considering saving up >> for a display, but honestly, this is the first time that I really have >> experienced refreshable braille. He's brought it before, and I've played >> with it a little, but I'm looking at this from a totally different >> perspective. Rather than me just playing with it for fun like before, I'm >> really accodemically trying to use the thing as much as I can. He's >> agreed to let me borrow it the whole time he's visiting, and he just got >> here two days ago, so he'll be here for a good while yet. >> >> My point is, being I'm a ProTools user, I am curious, in thestudio, have >> any of you all used a display while recording, or mixing/mastering, (over >> all, producing?) >> >> If so, I would like to know some of the benefits you all have found where >> having a display really helped give you good tactile feedback of certain >> things, and maybe you all can give me some little exercises to try so I >> can see in realtime how awesome it really can be to have this in >> combination with the Voiceover speech. >> >> Please realize that the reason I'm asking on this list specifically is >> because I'm not wanting examples in general. I very specifically am >> asking about the display in conjunction with ProTools. For example, does >> it make viewing meters in realtime a bit easier, etc. >> >> I understand not everyone will have this exact same display. If you do, >> then all the better; please chime in. I'm asking more though on a general >> level. >> >> Thank you so much for any thoughts you may can provide for me to try. >> >> Chris. >> >> -- >> 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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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.
