[studiorecorder] Re: Access Ideas Needed
- From: "David Tanner" <David.Tanner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rmeredith@xxxxxxx, studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:54:25 -0500
Two things, if a person is visually looking at the meters can they
see their volume levels before actually starting a recording? While
the beeping is nice to warn you that you are distorting, but it
would be nice to be able to check the volume some way without
actually being recording. Sort of like I had a tape recorder in the
past that I could place in pause mode, press the record button and
set volume controls where they needed to be prior to actually
starting the recording. Once the volumes were set where I wanted
them all I had to do to start the recording was to tap the pause
button, which released pause, and the recording started.
So, I am thinking a staging mode, in which you could adjust volumes
to make sure you were not getting any beeps. Once you have the
volume where you want it the cursor would be on a start button which
would be activated just by pushing the spacebar.
David Tanner
Rehabilitation Program Specialist 3
Assistive Technology Specialist
Assistive Technology Department
MN State Services f/t Blind
Office- 651-642-0795 Cell- 651-270-2233
Skype name: dtat100
>>> rmeredith@xxxxxxx 6/22/2006 2:26 PM >>>
We are considering adding a few more features to be spoken through
JAWS
or Window-eyes. Since the peak hold was a big hit, we are thinking
that
direct access to specific status bar items might be of use. The
question
is, how do we present this information?
Imagine that you want to know the following things frequently:
1. The current position in time
2. The length of the document in time
3. Free space on the hard drive
Of course you could arrange the status bar to show only these
three
items, and use your screen reader's command to read the status bar.
We
could also add a Read Status Bar command. But, what if you just
wanted
to hear one of the items, and quickly?
Here are three ways we have considered. Feel free to express your
views, or even suggest an entirely different way:
Option 1. Use a single key for speaking preferred information.
When
pressed once, the most preferable information would be spoken.
When
pressed twice quickly, the next most preferable information would
be
spoken. Finally, pressing the key three times quickly would speak
your
number three preference. This is very JAWS-like.
Problems:
1. A dialog would be needed to specify what should be spoken, and
in
what order.
2. Only three functions would be available, since pressing a key
four
times quickly would be annoying at least. Pressing a key three
times is
already pushing the limit.
Option 2. Use a single key followed by a letter key which
specifies
what is to be spoken. For example, you would press a certain key,
then T
for total time, C for current time, or F for free hard drive
space.
Problems:
1. Very non-Windows like, since program would be in a "mode."
Option 3. Just use key combinations, such as Ctrl+Shift+F1 for
current
time, Ctrl+Shift+F2 for total time, and so on.
Problems:
1. We could run out of keys quickly, since many keys are already
in
use.
2. Using a lot of modifiers would annoy some people, for example,
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F5.
Ok, have your say!
Rob Meredith
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