[RWP] Jaws and Reaper

[Jim Snowbarger]

Wow,
I am finally getting around to getting started with Reaper.  Man, this is a very very nice little program.  Very snappy and efficient.  It nakes sonar look and feel like a cumbersome old albatraus!  

Meanwhile, While we're waiting for Reaper Access to come into the hands of people who can really make it sing for all of us, JAWS users will want to know that HotSpotClicker works pvery nicely with this program.  If you can find  the item you want with the jaws cursor, you can easily define a hot key to quickly jump there, and speak the information you want, or do whatever kind of mouse click you need.
Visit 
http://HotSpotClicker.org 
if you want more info about that.

I won't be developing a complete set of jaws scripts for it, and selling them for cash.  But, I'll be generating some little script fragments to address my personal pet issues.    
I've already got cursor time and level for the current track showing up on the braille display, updating in real time.
And, hot keys to speak, or reset the level for the current track.
And, some keys to let your more easily hear the audio as you nudge the left or right ends of a time selection.
So, some handy things are shaping up.
Again, I don't plan to take this too far.  Just far enough to serve my own needs, and perhaps, some of those that are suggested to me, that I actually know how to address.  
I'm leaving the existing scripts in place, even though the need for some of them isn't apparent to me at the moment.
If I get something worth while cooking, I may post them on my web site, snowmanRadio.com, in case they are useful to somebody.  Since they're free, your every problem isn't necessarily my every problem.  But, if you use them, and have an idea for something useful, let me know, and I'll see if anything can be done within reason.
  
One auspicious problem with adapting Reaper is that there are so darned many hot keys already, that assigning new ones is a bit tricky.  Do you guys like layered keyboard approaches? You know, where you press a special hot key that gets you into a new layer, where you have a totally new set of hot key assignments until you exit the layer back to your original layer?  I have mixed feelings about that sort of thing.  It's great for keyboard real estate, but it's a bit les efficient.

Happy Reaping. May you Reap even more than you sew.

Jim Snowbarger





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