[RWP] Recording inputs menu, meter readings, and contacting Reaper developers

[Scott Chesworth]

In my experience, Reaper development tends to be heavily tied in with
and influenced by forum activity. So, Vic's approach of starting a
thread where votes can be placed is probably the right one.
Unfortunately, we don't have the numbers to bring about activity with
a flurry of votes when you compare accessibility posts to bugs and
feature requests intended for all users, but previously, accessibility
tweaks and improvements have happened just before a major version
number increment, so with us currently at 4.7 and version 5 probably
appearing in the not to distant future, now is definitely the time to
be visible on the forum. I'm not saying any of this to discourage
anyone from contacting developers directly btw, just filling David in
on how the Reaper development cycle seems to work overall.

Hth

Scott

On 7/31/14, David Eagle <onlineeagle at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Vic, I haven't changed the appearance, apart from doing the things
> recommended in the SWS Extensions manual, and that was just a couple of
> very minor changes in preferences. I think it might be a good idea to try
> getting back to the original configuration and seeing what you can achieve
> from there. Then we can at least work out why you're not getting the menu
> whereas Patrick and I are both able to find them.
>
> For the time being, it looks like the Re-console is going to have to be
> your work-around.
>
> On the subject of the DB readings issue: are those concerned going to
> contact the developer? I don't think there's any one particular person
> lobbying for Reaper accessibility like Slau and Protools, so perhaps the
> way forward with Reaper is for all of us concerned to contact the
> developers. Obviously the good thing about this mailing is that we can
> discuss problems to make sure they are universally applicable before
> emailing them, rather than confusing them with problems that are only
> present for one individual. I think that we Mac users are in the fortunate
> position to have a very accessible Reaper and so I don't think it would
> take a lot of effort and time to maintain and improve accessibility in
> future releases, which, according to the reaper website, are frequent.
>
> So, I think it would be wise for those concerned to contact the developers
> about the DB meters issue. I'll paste a copy of the email to this mailing
> list once it's sent. Let's just hope they'll be open to starting a dialogue
> on this. I've only been using Reaper for a week, and have only started
> posting on here for a week, so I maybe jumping the gun in assuming that
> attempts to talk to Reaper haven't been made already.
> So I apologise if I am going over ground that's been gone over many times
> before but to no avail. I still think however that the more people who
> speak up will help the people at Reaper to see this as something to take
> more seriously, especially if we start the discussions by alerting them to
> how brilliantly accessible Reaper currently is for the Mac and Voice-Over.
>
> Thoughts welcome friends.
>