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

  • From: Steve the Fiddle <stevethefiddle@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:38:02 +0100

The button for enabling Sync-Lock has a tool-tip that says "Sync-Lock
Tracks", so perhaps a sync-locked track could say "Sync Lock On".

Steve

On 12 October 2012 12:29, Robbie <tickleberryfun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi David!
> I think it should be Sync-Locked. In the other cases it says "on" because it
> doesn't say "selected" or "soloed". But hey, what ever it says in the end,
> I'll welcome it.
>
> Cheers, Robbie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Bailes
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 12:37 PM
> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Sync-Lock WAS Re: Re: Track/project length,
> SyncLock and more
>
> Hi Robbie,
> thanks for the feedback.
> Do you have any preference about whether it should be "sync locked on" or
> just "sync locked". An audacity developer thought that it should be "sync
> locked on" to fit in with the others, like select on, but I think that just
> sync locked would be shorter and just as informative. Any views?
>
> David.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robbie <tickleberryfun@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc:
> Sent: Friday, 12 October 2012, 11:03
> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Sync-Lock WAS Re: Re: Track/project length,
> SyncLock and more
>
> Hi David!
> That sounds good. I think Sync-Locked should be spoken after Solo, Mute and
> Select, since these are statuses which the user might change while
> processing a sync-lockdd group. So if I mute a trac for instance, I'D want
> to have that confirmed before the fixed status of Sync-Locked is announced.
>
> Cheers, Robbie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Bailes
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 11:14 AM
> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Sync-Lock WAS Re: Re: Track/project length,
> SyncLock and more
>
> 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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