[RWP] Reaper Accessibility Query from New User

[Indigo]

I have Reaper 4.5  on this 64 bit Windows 7 machine right this second, 
and it behaves just like all the other previous versions since those few 
changes at version 4.0.
This ledgend that nothing beyond version 3.78 works is taking on the 
proportions of a classic myth, like the feats of Hercules or some such 
fictional epic.
People are repeating it without ever bothering to try current Reaper 
versions.
Beginning with version 4.0 the applications key would not open the 
extended record options menu, as it had before.
Within a few weeks Roy Shtupler discovered that if you hold ctrl and 
press up arrow; 3 presses of up arrow works best for me; then the 
applications key displays the record options menu as usual.
A little further on in version 4, the ReaAccess shortcut for displaying 
the inline midi editor quit working.
David Shortland soon discovered that you can use another Reaper midi 
editor instead, which is a hundred times more complete and better laid 
out than the inline midi editor ever was, so that broken shortcut turned 
out to be a blessing in disguise.
I'm sure there will be other changes we will need to adapt to as Reaper 
is updated.
You know, sighted users also constantly adapt to updates in the latest 
Reaper, we're not being singled out by God for dumping on,  and needing 
to struggle to learn new ways to survive; believe it or not.
Indi




On 9/10/2013 4:14 PM, Daveed Mandell wrote:
> I like that approach very 'much. Is version 4.5 now usable at all for blind folks? Thanks.
>
> Daveed
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Indigo <33indigo at charter.net>
> To: Reapers Without Peepers <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 8:11 am
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Reaper Accessibility Query from New User
>
>>
>>
>> Hi and welcome to the list.
>> Some are using reaper daily now; solving problems as we go.
>>
>> Some of us are better at audio recording and editing, and others of us
>> like Reaper's approach to midi recording and editing.
>> Yes, there's no manual for access yet, but RWP has an archive.
>> When I encounter a problem I google RWP and a few words describing the
>> problem, and old emails pop up that often have the same problem and its
>> solution.
>> It's an each one teach one approach.
>> Just ask questions as they arise, and someone will likely know the
>> answer, or we might discover the solution together.
>> Indi
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/10/2013 8:13 AM, Daveed Mandell wrote:
>>>    Hello:
>>>
>>> What is the status of Reaper accessibility right now? I understand that Reaper's developers have shown little or no interest in making the software accessible, and that accessibility has been provided through a separate bridfe produced by blind people working from this list and website. I also understand that the website itself isn't functioning anymore due to problems related to spam. At any rate, is the latest version of Reaper, version 4.5, accessible for blind folks? It is interesting to note the difference in attitude between the developers of Reaper, versus the developers of the free Audacity audio software, who have been very conscientiously integrating accessibility into the software. Thanks for any updates and information regarding Reaper accessibility.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Daveed Mandell
>>>
>>>
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