[Rwp] increased Reaper accessibility for reaper

[James Teh]

See this feature request:
http://forum.cockos.com/project.php?issueid=3888
It wasn't filed by me, but I updated it with further information on what 
needs to be done.

Even once the Windows stuff is fixed to be equivalent to the Mac, that 
still doesn't give us access to items, takes, etc. That is going to take 
a lot more work. Also, making it as efficient/user friendly as something 
like OSARA or ReaAccess may not be possible without changes to 
accessibility frameworks.

On Windows, NVDA and Narrator are probably the only screen readers that 
can make extensive use of this, since they allow you to explore objects. 
Screen review techniques like JAWS cursor or NVDA screen review won't 
see this.

I don't imagine any of this will happen any time soon. This is why I'm 
focusing on OSARA for now and filing requests to improve the API, which 
are much simpler for Cockos and likely to happen much faster. That said, 
I'd still like to see full accessibility implemented out of the box in 
the long term.

Jamie

On 10/04/2015 6:41 AM, Rusty Perez via RWP wrote:
> Hi James,
> Who do we need to lobby to encourage changes which will fix the MSAA
> issues in Reaper to improve our accessibility experience?
>
> I didn't really understand the discussion of  WDL wingui, but it seems
> that there were improvements made on the Mac side which could be
> beneficial in Windows if implemented?
>
> I'm willing to write emails or file bug reports or post on lists but
> just need to know what improvements are needed.
>
> thanks!
> rusty
>

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