Kevin,
Can you tell me if the new Sibelius is improved in dealing with more reliably
navigating multiple voices within a staff as happens frequently in classical
piano music?
My only significant frustration using the old Sibelius Access system is that
sometimes it would be really, really difficult to get to the notes of certain
voices in the middle of a bar, because you would start right arrowing through
voice 2, say, and suddenly in the middle of the bar it would flip you into
voice 1. I have to do some weird workarounds to get to a note in these
situations, such as going to the next measure where there was a voice 2 and
left arrowing just the right number of notes to get there from the other side,
or going down a staff, over a certain number of notes to get to the right beat,
then go back up a staff.
Strangely when I mentioned this problem to a sighted Sibelius user, he was able
to sometimes replicate the problem on his own computer even though obviously he
wasn't using Jaws and Sibelius Access at all. He confirmed in certain
situations Sibelius just mysteriously switches you to a different voice within
a staff as you arrow through from left to right. If you're sighted, it doesn't
matter that you can't consistently track a voice, as you can use your eyes to
easily plunk the mouse down on the note you want to correct in the middle of a
bar in any voice.
I have had a few other minor awkwardnesses using Sibelius Access, like
sometimes not being able to get back onto the staff area from the areas above a
staff and being flung back to measure 1, and a breakdown in navigating between
notes of a chord (the keystroke command just stopped working after a couple of
years), but these are very minor problems. No software is going to ever be
perfect. However as I said, I would certainly be curious to know if the newest
Sibelius and accessibility handles navigating through multiple voices in a
staff any better.
Michael Arnowitt
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From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Kevin Gibbs
Sent: March 4, 2021 5:22 PM
To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sib-access] Re: What to do with windows 10 and Sibelius?
Upgrade to the current version of Sibelius. Sebelius 5.25 is long dead. The new
version of Sibelius is extremely accessible on windows 10. There is also a more
current Google group servicing Sibelius access needs of blind people. Research
and join that.
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On Mar 4, 2021, at 3:18 PM, Vytautas Jr. Bucionis <vyt.bucionis@xxxxxxxxx>If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word,
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Hello,
My older laptop with windows 7 is aging and Windows 10 computers are
going to extinction. I have a new machine with particular windows 10
for other reasons beyond Sibelius, but I was wondering whether I can
still use Sibelius with it without too many accessibility hurdles. Can
somebody advise me what to do to be able to keep using Sibelius with
JAWS 2020 and Windows 10 or whether that's even possible without too
many accessibility pains? Can I use Sibelius alone with JAWS or are
there some scripts out somewhere, perhaps Sibelius access?
Thank you.
Vytautas
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