Everybody,
Pay attention. Scrap Sim 5.25 forever. All of your problems will be resolved by
upgrading to the very latest version which does not require JFW Scripps of any
kind. It is accessible on PC or Mac out of the box.
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On Mar 4, 2021, at 6:14 PM, Michael Arnowitt <MA@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message
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,
wrote:
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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