[RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)

[Dave]

I am saying this as an ironic joke, but my Screen Reader cost more 
than my entire computer.

Dave

At 07:50 PM 9/27/2011, you wrote:
>I'd pay for reaaccess in future, provided I knew the thing would be 
>updated/supported, and that it didn't cost more than the daw itself.
>After all, that  would be a bit weird
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Snowbarger" <Snowman at SnowmanRadio.com>
>To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [RWP] ReaAccess development update (of sorts)
>
>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>----- 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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