[RWP] AutoHotKey A Few HotSpots

Thu Mar 7 11:14:22 EST 2013

Hi David,
I didn't use sighted assistance to find that extended recording options, 
I probably read about it on this list, and now used Roy Shtupler's fix 
for forcing it to display when you press the applications key in track view.
In Reaper 3x a press of the applications key dropped that menu, which, 
when you arrow down once, says Monitor Item.
Version 4 broke that, so you get an announcement; something like no 
handle found; when you press the applications key.
So, now you press ctrl+up arrow; or, in my case; ctrl+up arrow twice, 
then that menu displays when you press the applications key.
It's an important menu, where you select to record in stereo, or to 
record a midi track, and a long list of other choices for recording.
I'm used to employing Roy's fix, but others may prefer using your 
coordinates for an AHK shortcut.
By the way, sighted Reaper users right click their mouse on the track's 
record arm icon; to display that same menu., if you want to get 
Elizabeth to try that.
I only learned that recently from my son, who is learning to use Reaper.
I tell him how something needs to be done, but he's a hopeless mouse 
addict, so has to translate my keyboard shortcuts into mouse clicks on 
screen buttons.
Because I'm interested in consciousness, it's interesting to me to note 
how dazzled he was at first by the absolutely crammed Reaper screen, but 
now he is able to pick text and icons out of the screen confusion easier 
and easier.
With Wineyes, which has excellent off screen modeling, I always examine 
screens at the numPad, so I'm sometimes able to tell him where to look 
on the screen for a button, but, unfortunately, Wineyes and Jaws often 
rearrange screens so they don't perfectly resemble what a sighted user sees.
Oh well, any way we can get it done will get the music made, and that's 
the goal.
Thanks,
Indi

On 3/7/2013 6:32 AM, David P Shortland wrote:
> Hi Indigo
>
> I was just wondering, was it you who mentioned a little while back, that
> you had sighted assistance in finding a little icon or something that
> opened the Extended Recording Options?
>
> When I had Elizabeth (my partner) looking over the screen the other day
> to help get the co-ordinates for this menu, she was not able to see any
> other thing that could be clicked that opened that menu...perhaps it was
> just poor guidance on my part.
>
> The co-ordinates are aimed almost at the centre of the VU Meters on each
> Trak.
>
> So, I have started now and if anyone has requests of what could be
> looked for and perhaps HotKeyed up, let me know and I will see what I
> can do...
>
> Take care all
>
> David P Shortland
> DragonScore Productions
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Indigo
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 8:53 PM
> To: Reapers Without Peepers
> Subject: Re: [RWP] AutoHotKey A Few HotSpots
>
> Hi David,
> Thanks for the coordinates.
> I currently need to hit the ctrl+up arrow workAround twice to get the
> applications key extended recording options menu to display; but if
> future versions of Reaper break that fix entirely; I'll be using your
> coordinates for sure.
> It's great that you're now using Auto Hot Key for day to day ReaAccess
> issues.
> I haven't begun studying AHK yet, but I'm beginning to comprehend what
> is needed to get access to some VST synths; like simple clicks on
> buttons are not always enough.
> I had assistance from a simple macro way back in the Atari days, so I
> understand how macros  work to record mouse actions.
> For Instance, in Alchemy Player the sighted user needs to drag and drop;
> first finding a white border around Preset variation number 1; that
> selects number 1; then dragging that border to the other variations 2
> through 8; in order to trigger the other variations of the preset sound.
> I'd need to have 7 or 8 AHK shortcuts just to trigger the 8 preset
> variations.
> There are still some keyboard shortcuts that aren't yet used, by either
> Reaper itself or ReaAccess.
> Also, I believe, AHK separates the left and right control keys as
> separate modifier keys for shortcuts, providing a bunch more available
> shortcuts.
> Note that Reaper itself has quite a few shortcuts at the numPad separate
> from ReaAccess shortcuts; that we might be using now, if we only learn
> them, so watch out for conflicts at the numPad.
>
> I've only run into 1 numPad conflict so far, a Wineyes shortcut to speak
> screen coordinates that triggers a standard Reaper shortcut; so I
> changed the Wineyes shortcut.
>
> The closer I get to making my own access shortcuts the more I respect
> what programmers are running into with access issues, like all those
> interface heirarkies, or overlapping interface  elements, that I hear
> about from Steve Spamer in Kontakt.
> Glad you chose AHK, so we all can benefit, whatever screenreader we use.
> Indi
>
>
>
>
> On 3/7/2013 1:13 AM, David P Shortland wrote:
>> Hi & Greetings from a drying out Sunshine Coast
>>
>> Thought I would share this with anyone who may be interested
>>
>> As I am charting my way thru the  Help files of AutoHotKey and
>> learning to Script this and that, well mainly for Omnisphere at
>> present,  here are a couple of co-ordinates that may be of helpin
>> REAPER,  with regards to a Certain Menu not opening with Apps Key & Up
>> Arrow key
>>
>> These co-ordinates will give access to a menu that will be spoken and
>> contains settings for Audio & MIDI Inputs & Outputs.
>>
>> 136, 176 is for Trak 1
>> 136, 276 is for Trak 2
>>
>> Now for those of us who may be a little apprehensive in trying to
>> write a script to access these co-ordinates,here its is...
>>
>> Open up Notepad and type these lines as is, or just copy them across..
>>
>> Numpad9 & Numpad1:: Click 136, 176
>> Numpad9 & Numpad2:: Click 136, 276
>>
>> Save this document as AutoHotKey.ahk
>>
>> Go to the directory where you just saved that script
>>
>> Double Click on the file and it should ask you with what file do you
>> wish to run the program?
>>
>> Navigate to AutoHotKey and voila ... all should be good
>>
>> Okay, just remember that the resolution on my System is 768 x 1024 ,
>> so one can deduce that if your resolution is different the
>> co-ordinates will not match.
>>
>> Now all you have to do when REAPER is open and you have several tracks
>> in place
>>
>> Press Numpad9 (hold it down and Press Numpad1 the Menu should open,
>> make yourselections
>>
>> Remember that this combination is for Trak 1.
>>
>> I have also used the Numpad as ReaAccess and REAPER use a lot of
>> keyboard combinations and this should not interfere.
>>
>> Oh yes... DO NOT forget to press the NumLock .. it must be ON!
>>
>> I have only given the co-ordinates for two trax, because I figure if
>> you want to set up several combinations of In & Outs, just coply one
>> of the tracks to another place.
>>
>> Hopefully all will go smoothly... if not...I have left the country and
>> gone into hiding...
>>
>> Take care all
>>
>> David P Shortland
>> DragonScore Productions
>>
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