Omar,
Here is a problem. JAWS can read the patches. However, when up
arrowing with the JAWS cursor, the JAWS cursor skips from the top line of
the patch or matrix column to a point above the line where the various tabs
are chosen. So, there is no way for a blind person to change tabs from the
matrix assign page to the patch assign page, or from the patch assign page
to the performance or controller pages. this requires a hand guided mouse
action so far. I don't know why. I'll copy one of the people at Vienna on
this and see what if anything he says.
The Vienna folks have been very helpful.
Best,
Kevin
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Omar Binno
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 3:32 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Important update for those interested in Vienna
Instruments
Hi Kevin,
Is jaws able to read the banks and patches for the voices?
Omar Binno
www.omarbinno.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Gibbs <mailto:kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 4:28 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Important update for those interested in Vienna
Instruments
Dear All,
A few of you have asked about the accessibility of Vienna
Instruments from time to time. Unfortunately, I'm not as accomplished a
JAWS user as many of you. Here is one of those cases where a little vision
is a dangerous thing. However, I'm here to report, if I haven't already
done so, that not only can JAWS read the lists in the right hand pane of the
matrix window, essential for selecting matrices which combine instrument
articulations, the user can then lock the mouse and drag a selected matrix
to the left pane and load it into a matrix slot. I never knew that you
could lock and drag before.
Unfortunately, JAWS has no way of telling you where you are when you
drag. Perhaps an HSC set might be devised by someone who has V I.
I haven't bothered to look at the other tabs in the interface to say
what can and can't be done with any of them. However, the fact that the
screen isn't entirely bitmapped and can be read by JAWS is a plus in itself.
As always, combining this with track templates and a little sighted
assistance at the beginning will make one of the world's finest virtual
instruments more accessible than I had originally thought.
K.