[Rwp] Is there a Shortcut for the Input (Recording) Menu?

Matej Golian matej.golian at gmail.com
Thu Feb 5 03:02:57 EST 2015


Thanks guys, it's always enrichening to know what experiences others have...

2015-02-04 23:38 GMT+01:00, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>:
> Got to give jaws the nod for  o c r.
>
> Window-eyes get's the nod for mousing around, and n v d a gets the nod
> for best navigation on the web these days.
>
> Jaws always gets stuck in forms mode,
> poor old window-eyes just can't read half the stuf out there,
> or get's locked up, and n v d a just mostly works most of the time.
> but there are some things it can't get that window-eyes does,
> so you need all three plus a lot of cussing and an ocational pair of
> willing eyes
> to get work done.
>
>
>
> On 2/4/2015 2:58 PM, Scott Chesworth via RWP wrote:
>> It's swings and roundabouts. Both have advantages and disadvantages.
>> I'm using NVDA here, but there are plenty of JAWS users around too. So
>> far as I can tell, the main advantage you've got in this context as a
>> JAWS user is that JAWS seems to support a stronger OCR engine, which
>> can be useful for getting through some inaccessible screens in third
>> party plugins.
>>
>> On 2/4/15, Matej Golian via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>> Confirmed... It works exactly as you say with NVDA. And may ask, do
>>> you think that NVDA responds better to Reaaccess and Reaper in general
>>> than let's say Jaws? I myself have been trying to go on and convert to
>>> NVDA but after 10 years of Jaws it's not that easy, despite of all the
>>> similarities between these two programs.
>>>
>>> 2015-02-04 21:37 GMT+01:00, Scott Chesworth via RWP
>>> <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>:
>>>> Dunno, I'm using NVDA here and haven't touched the Reaper 4, ReaAccess
>>>> and JAWS combination for a long time. Probably nothing to worry about
>>>> though.
>>>>
>>>> On 2/4/15, Matej Golian via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>>> Thanks, Scott, it works exactly as you described it, except for the
>>>>> fact that my screen reader (Jaws 15 BTW) does not say anything when I
>>>>> press CTRL + Up twice. Maybe I have something turned off in reaper,
>>>>> but it sure ain't the mixer, of that I'm totally certain. Other than
>>>>> that it works as expected.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2015-02-04 21:04 GMT+01:00, Scott Chesworth via RWP
>>>>> <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>:
>>>>>> The context menu that you need to get into to set this is acting up
>>>>>> with ReaAccess in Reaper 4. There won't be a fix for ReaAccess as
>>>>>> development is dead, but there is a workaround.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Move to the track you need to change the input of using your arrow
>>>>>> keys.
>>>>>> 2. Ordinarily, you should be able to hit your Application key at this
>>>>>> point for the context menu, but with Reaper 4 and ReaAccess all this
>>>>>> will do is give you an error message. So, hit CTRL+Up twice first.
>>>>>> You
>>>>>> should hear your screen reader say "mixer", and the Application key
>>>>>> should work as expected now.
>>>>>> 3. Once you're in that context menu, the option you're looking for
>>>>>> will either be "Input: Mono" or "Input: Stereo" depending on your
>>>>>> recording interface.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hth. Shout if you get stuck.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/4/15, Matej Golian via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello guys,
>>>>>>> I have a very very simple question. Let me apologize for it, because
>>>>>>> it's very trivial.
>>>>>>> Does the menu where one can select the recording source for a
>>>>>>> particular track have a keyboard shortcut? I mean the menu where one
>>>>>>> selects whether he or she wants to record from the microphone,
>>>>>>> line-in
>>>>>>> and so on. I suspect that no such keyboard shortcut exists, but I'm
>>>>>>> new to Reaper and Reaaccess so I thought I'd ask. I have the latest
>>>>>>> version of Reaper installed on my PC.
>>>>>>> Thanks for your help (and patience)! :D
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