[RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)

Tue Sep 27 23:08:40 EDT 2011

Yep, I would chip in too.
People often object to having to pay extra for the access that the sighted 
public takes for granted, and gets for free.
I do understand that, it seems unfair.  It is unfair.  But, unfortunately, 
access for us takes extra work. And, who is to do it?  One thing I can say 
for sure, the person who does will have a lot of work to do, and will get no 
end of complaints and requests from us. So, the poor guy will deserve his 
money.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Brown" <cursebuster at samobile.net>
To: <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)

>I am not skilled in that area of writing programs either,...I thought 
>Reaper is more of an open source software?,...I mean, It appears that 
>people make lots of plugins for reaper, don't they?...
>
> I wonder how much it would cost to pay someone to write an access program 
> for reaper?...
>
> I would gladly pay for a "closer to home" accessible program for 
> reaper,...I think it would be well worth it!...
>
>
>
> Original message:
>> You would think that the API  itself would be published.  How did Ivan 
>> and
>> friends learn of it?
>> Personally, I am not skilled in the art.
>> But, it would appear that, if that project is going to be successful, the
>> one of providing access to Reaper, it needs to be brought a lot closer to
>> home.
>> But also, what you see here is an unfortunate shortcoming of volunteer
>> efforts.  An effort like this is pretty complicated, takes a lot of time 
>> and
>> effort, and a lot more likely to be successful if the person writing the
>> access pluggin also needs it personally.
>> I wish I had the skill.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Derek Lane" <derek at pdaudio.net>
>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)
>
>
>>> Too bad the decompilation of DLL's isn't practical, otherwise, the
>>> questions of being able to talk to the reaper API, add functions to said
>>> API, and talk to screan readers  of all sourts could be answered.
>
>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jim Snowbarger" <Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com>
>>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 8:12 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)
>
>
>>>> I guess old Ivan fell in the vodka tank.
>
>>>> Maybe there are others around, hopefully closer to us,  smart enough to
>>>> develop a similar pluggin.
>>>> One can always hope.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottchesworth at gmail.com>
>>>> To: <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:22 PM
>>>> Subject: [RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)
>
>
>>>>> Hey all,
>
>>>>> I relay this news to RWP with the proviso that nobody shoots the
>>>>> messenger. Cyber handshake on that before reading any further.
>
>>>>> As most of you will be aware, a few months back Ivan issued a list of
>>>>> features and fixes expected in ReaAccess 2.0 for a September release.
>>>>> At this point, nobody English-speaking involved in ReaAccess's upkeep
>>>>> has a clue what's going on. I've written to Ivan for info, but having
>>>>> given him fair time to respond and received nothing, I thought I'd
>>>>> fill RWP in on what's hot on the rumour mill.
>
>>>>> Word on the street is that the ReaAccess project has a new
>>>>> Moscow-based owner or owners unknown. I've heard rumblings that the
>>>>> plugin will be a paid product from 2.0 onward, but haven't seen
>>>>> anything about a price. Similarly, haven't been able to track down
>>>>> anything about a firm release date.
>
>>>>> I think it's worth pointing out that this is exactly why ReaAccess
>>>>> doesn't have a proper site, doesn't have anything beyond the absolute
>>>>> bare bones of documentation, and has struggled to make a positive
>>>>> impact. Beyond the first few versions when time spent translating and
>>>>> bug swatting felt like time well spent, I haven't been able to justify
>>>>> pouring resources into the project (much as I love the DAW it enables
>>>>> me to use. There have been plenty of offers of what would have been
>>>>> valuable contributions flat out declined by the development end of
>>>>> this opperation, and even more contributions promised that never
>>>>> materialised due to a lack of faith in the way the project has been
>>>>> run from day one. Sad to say it chaps, but it seems like those
>>>>> reservations have been realised. If that applies to you, take comfort
>>>>> in the fact that you guessed the correct basket to place your eggs in.
>
>>>>> For now, that's all I've got in the way of an update. Russian speakers
>>>>> on here may wish to investigate www.reaaccess.ru, perhaps there's a
>>>>> list like this one being maintained where you might be able to get
>>>>> more info from our elusive developer (or his new boss). Should you
>>>>> have any success, 75 plus RWP's here would appreciate the heads up.
>>>>> This list will still be actively moderated and the latest build of
>>>>> ReaAccess that I have will remain available, until the man says
>>>>> otherwise.
>
>>>>> Remember what we shook on a couple of minutes ago...
>
>>>>> Scott
>
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