MessageKevin wrote: 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.
Phil replied: I came across the same problem when creating .HSC support in
Session Drummmer2 and the Sonitus FX Multiband Compressor. The problem was
easily gotten around by using the Jaws built-in mouse keystrokes and if
necessary, moving 1 or 2 pixels at a time to locate the various buttons, rather
than using an up or down arrow key.
Regards, Phil Muir
P J Muir Productions
Music And Audio Production
URL:
www.philmuir.com/
Band website:
www.steelstringmusic.co.uk/
Band my Space Site:
www.myspace.com/steelstringmusic
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Gibbs
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:07 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Important update for those interested in Vienna
Instruments
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
-----Original Message-----
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
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.