[audacity4blind] Re: Sync-Lock WAS Re: Re: Track/project length, SyncLock and more

  • From: David Bailes <david_bailes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:14:30 +0100 (BST)

Hi Robbie and anyone else interested,
Audacity needs only a very minor modification so that screen readers will read 
whether a track is displaying the sync locked icon, in a similar manner to 
select, mute etc. A track displays this icon if sync-lock tracks is checked on 
the tracks menu, and at least one track is selected in the group.
A couple of questions about what screen readers should say:
1. Any preference as to whether the phase "sync locked" or "sync locked on" is 
used?
2. Any preference as to whether for a selected track the sync locked phrase is 
read before or after "selected on".

thanks,
David.



----- Original Message -----
From: Robbie <tickleberryfun@xxxxxxxxx>
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: 
Sent: Friday, 27 July 2012, 1:09
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Sync-Lock WAS Re: Re: Track/project length, 
SyncLock and more

Hi Gale!
Now that I have grasped the functionality of Sync-Lock I think it's all
the more important to be able to tell which track is displaying the
Sync-Lock icon. Especially when tracks across several groups are
Sync-Locked, it would be good to know which tracks are affected when a
certain track is selected. Ideally the screen reader should announce that
info together with infos such as "Solo On" or "Mute On" as you're
navigating the track table.

Cheers, Robbie
-----Original Message-----
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gale Andrews
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:46 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Sync-Lock WAS Re: Re: Track/project length,
SyncLock and more


> -----Original Message-----
> From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Bailes
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 1:08 PM
> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Track/project length, SyncLock and more
> A track is sync locked if any of the tracks in its group are selected.

Confusingly, it's sync-locked with other members of its group, even if not
selected. The sync-lock icon is not a state indicator of whether the track
is sync-locked. It is an indicator that the track is in a sync-locked
group where at least one of the tracks in that group is selected.

A sighted user can demonstrate that by using Time Shift Tool to drag one
of several unselected tracks when Sync-Lock Tracks is on - all the tracks
move even though the Sync-Lock icon in the tracks is off.

Maybe this is less of a problem for non-sighted users.





Gale




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