[RWP] Further directions for the visually impaired reaper community

[Scott Chesworth]

Hi Leonard,

Answers below each of your questions:

1. Is there any chance that ReaAccess 2.0 will ever see the light, or
is the project simply and entirely dead?
At this point, nobody to my knowledge has managed to get a response
from Ivan (the ReaAccess developer) for well over a year. There were
all kinds of rumours about ReaAccess 2.0 at one stage, but even those
have faded over time. I think that right now, it's safe to say that
ReaAccess is not under active development, and that it's unlikely Ivan
has plans for future versions.

2. is there any chance that ReaAccess' sourcecode will be open sourced
whenever development is ceased for good by the original author(s)?
In a word, no. Some of us tried to get this to happen back when
development was still active, mainly to avoid the situation we're in
now, but the developer wasn't receptive to the idea.

Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but that's where we stand.

Scott

On 8/8/13, Leonard de Ruijter <leesvoer at leonardderuijter.nl> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Although there have been several reasons to hesitate, i've now decided
> to use Reaper as my primary DAW and audio editor. Really liking it so
> far in conjunction with ReaAccess. However, ReaAccess is also the part
> of the whole story which is a bit alarming. ReaAccess 1.3.0 is the
> latest version for ages now, the version 2.0 which was promised in the
> past never saw the light as far as i know. Please correct me if i'm
> wrong. 1.3.0 works nice together with version 3 of Reaper, but Reaper 4
> is where some bugs are experienced, at least in my case.
> I'm wondering about the following points.
> 1. Is there any chance that ReaAccess 2.0 will ever see the light, or is
> the project simply and entirely dead?
> 2. is there any chance that ReaAccess' sourcecode will be open sourced
> whenever development is ceased for good by the original author(s)?
>
> If both points are negative, it might be interesting to investigate
> whether there are people interested in development of a new plugin for
> Reaper accessibility.
>
> Looking forward to answers of you guys.
>
> Regards,
> Leonard de Ruijter
>
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