[RWP] Can it be; Things Seem to Run more Reliably on NVDA?

Fri Jun 7 19:05:40 EDT 2013

Mini's are the only ones that still have fw ports. If you plan to do audio production i wouldn't recommend an air unless you go top of the line. the Mini server or any mac book pro would be a great starting point for something u can also use as a DAW. You will have to get an FW to thunderbolt cable though if u don't get a mini.
On Jun 7, 2013, at 6:08 PM, "Chris Belle" <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I use both, what-ever is called for.
> 
> I don't make a religion out of browsers or screen-readers, or daw's for that matter.
> 
> That's the problem everyone I know seems to jump in to a camp and I think me and Roy are the only ones who use everything.
> 
> Surely we can't be the only ones.
> 
> Well you know what I mean, nobody can use everything, but seriously folks, the only way to have it all is to use all the tools and to use each tool for what it does best.
> 
> Most tools will be great at some things but suck at other stuff.
> 
> Even in sub categories of tools like browsers, or email programs, or anything,
> nobody gets it 100 percent.
> 
> So the only thing I lack now in my arsenal is a mac.
> 
> I'll have to ask my little genius friend Patrick what he recommends for an entry level mac, should I spring for a mini or go with a mac book air?
> 
> I'm not so sweet on the mac now that they've cut corners on the hardware and boot camping with sonar gives high dpc latencies and cakewalk doesn't support or recomend it anymore after the 09 series.
> 
> But then again, if you want a hotdog windows machine, buy a hotdog windows machine from someone like studiocat, don't but a mac and expect it to run windows the best, that's just an after thought.
> 
> I definitely would want one with firewire for my mackie onyx mixer.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Can it be; Things Seem to Run more Reliably on NVDA?
> 
> 
>> I can't face going back to Internet Explorer after so many years with FireFox.
>> Last time I tried IE I couldn't even type into its search box.
>> The trouble is this is such a rare thing; FireFox causing a loss of beeps in NVDA, there's no use to google for a fix.
>> 
>> We have some of the people who use that combination here, and none of us apparently know what to do.
>> Mozilla won't know.
>> I just can't imagine any setting in FireFox that could cause such a change.
>> Indi
>> 
>> 
>> On 6/7/2013 1:03 PM, Monkey Pusher wrote:
>>> From what you describing its more like the IE interface changed and
>>> the screen readers weren't updated to work with the new interface,
>>> maybe cuz they couldn't  find a way to grab the info in the new
>>> interface.
>>> 
>>> On 6/7/13, Pradip Chandra Sikdar <pradeepsikdar at musician.org> wrote:
>>>> I think, FF has broken something for us which is stopping NVDA to beep.
>>>> In IE 8, we can get some short of feedback from our screen reader about
>>>> how much the page has loaded. but in IE 9 and IE 10, we cannot hear
>>>> anything, even if you check the status bar. someday ago, my friend
>>>> recommended me to install "Classic Shell IE" and now I am getting the
>>>> progress announcement in percentage on my IE 10.
>>>> On 07-06-2013 03:55 PM, Indigo wrote:
>>>>> Oh, those dreaded words, size doesn't matter!
>>>>> Let's say, in certain instances, like screenreaders; small and light
>>>>> really helps.
>>>>> I've got totally addicted to doing the NVDA+numPad enter, that acts as
>>>>> a right click on certain selections at the arrow keys.
>>>>> So intuitive.
>>>>> Since you know NVDA, I cannot for the life of me figure out how I lost
>>>>> the spoken percentage and ascenting beeps as I download online.
>>>>> I still get those offline, or when I download from MidiMag, but not
>>>>> online in FireFox 21.
>>>>> I think maybe FireFox 21 somehow broke the beeps, but I also upgraded
>>>>> to version 2013 of NVDA at the same time, and can't find a setting
>>>>> either in FireFox or NVDA to get that audible download percentage back.
>>>>> Got any ideas?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Indi
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 6/7/2013 4:39 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
>>>>>> That's not what she said :P
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> But yeah, I agree, the combo of Reaper and NVDA feeling so lightweight
>>>>>> and snappy makes a real difference here every day. FWIW, the
>>>>>> experience is as good with System Access too. Whenever I return to my
>>>>>> other DAW, it feels like wading through mud for the first few hours of
>>>>>> a session.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 6/7/13, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> Last night I finally got my $12 joystick GamePad to midi learn synth
>>>>>>> parameters; so I could wobble bass; or radically mangle an arpeggio by
>>>>>>> tweaking filter cutoff and filter freq on X and Y axes of a joystick;
>>>>>>> but here's the weird thing.
>>>>>>> I had no success with the Window-Eyes I had tried it with before; so I
>>>>>>> switched to NVDA on my XP music computer; and suddenly everything fell
>>>>>>> into place.
>>>>>>> It can't be simply lower CPU load, since the music daw it's on is a
>>>>>>> second generation I7 2600, with way more power than Reaper needs, it's
>>>>>>> like NVDA is simply friendlier to utilities in certain situations.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Also, I'm sure NVDA boosts my confidence, since I've got totally
>>>>>>> spoiled
>>>>>>> with its quickness of response after key presses; on this little $380
>>>>>>> AMD machine I use online; so that it makes the older; larger
>>>>>>> screenreaders seem clunky by comparison.
>>>>>>> Yea for the small; yea for the user-written; and yea for the guys in
>>>>>>> Australia that got tired of paying out hundreds of dollars and
>>>>>>> struggling with crashes with their former big corporation
>>>>>>> screenreaders.
>>>>>>> Small is beautiful.
>>>>>>> Indi
>>>>>>> 
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>>>> (Experimental Raga and Folk
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