Jamie, that would be my second choice. It seems much better than option two which is not very Windows standard. I could live with either option 1 or 3 without any trouble at all. And thanks to rob for allowing us to help decide. . Neal -----Original Message----- From: studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Pauls Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 8:17 PM To: studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [studiorecorder] Re: Access Ideas Needed I personally like option three, even though some people might not like the gymnastics required to execute all the key strokes. I guess there's a downside to everything. (smile) -----Original Message----- From: studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ROB MEREDITH Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 2:26 PM To: studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [studiorecorder] Access Ideas Needed 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