[Rwp] HotSpotClicker

Scott Chesworth scottchesworth at gmail.com
Mon Jul 20 17:48:26 EDT 2015


Eek, that's not good. OSARA's supposed to be totally screen reader
agnostic at this point. Not sure why this is the way it is off the top
of my head, but I'll add it to the list of stuff to investigate as
OSARA moves forward.

Scott


On 7/20/15, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> No you heard me right.
>
> Which is funny because in the latest version of sonar platinum,
> window-eyes does rather well.
>
> So you need all the screen-readers, jaws, we and NVDA because all of
> them will do better at a particular task, or fall down on others.
>
> So we should all be trans gender when it comes to our screen-readers,
> but I understand that economics is the choosing factor sometimes 'grin'.
>
>
> On 7/20/2015 2:05 PM, Scott Chesworth via RWP wrote:
>> Hey Chris,
>>
>> Are you saying Window-Eyes 8.4 and OSARA don't play nicely, or did I
>> misunderstand?
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> On 7/20/15, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>> And not trying to be contentious at all,
>>> but since osara supports MSAA,
>>> any screen reader that works with it is valid, and jaws does work with
>>> osara, even though it is made with NVDA but on my systems, jaws and NVDA
>>> both work, but poor old window-eyes at least the version
>>> I have 8.4 does not.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/20/2015 1:09 PM, Chris Belle via RWP wrote:
>>>> And that is no small contribution.
>>>> I still use jaws, mostly in a teaching context, but it is still very
>>>> much part of my tool box.
>>>>
>>>> I use all three screen readers as a matter of fact, and to my thinking
>>>> as long as it deals with reaper, jaws is valid.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/20/2015 12:35 PM, Jim Snowbarger via RWP wrote:
>>>>> Yes, it is off topic, especially  for a list of mostly very proud,
>>>>> non-jaws
>>>>> users.
>>>>>
>>>>> As the HSC author, I'll try to fill you in, as best I remember.
>>>>> Write off list to:
>>>>> snowman at SnowmanRadio.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Yukio
>>>>> Nozawa
>>>>> via RWP
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 6:34 AM
>>>>> To: rwp at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>> Cc: Yukio Nozawa
>>>>> Subject: [Rwp] HotSpotClicker
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>> This is a kind of off topic, so please let me know if it's
>>>>> inappropriate for
>>>>> the list.
>>>>> I know that a lot of users are using HSC sets to make sample
>>>>> libraries or vi
>>>>> rtual instruments accessible. However, they must have JAWS installed.
>>>>> For th
>>>>> ose who don't have JAWS, Autohotkey can be used instead of HSC.
>>>>> I don't understand how these two solutions work technically. Are
>>>>> these scrip
>>>>> ts just programmed to move the mouse curser to a specific location,
>>>>> then gen
>>>>> erate a click event to activate the function under the curser? Or,
>>>>> are they
>>>>> monitoring other parameters such as window or screen infos, colors,
>>>>> or objec
>>>>> t handles?
>>>>>
>>>>> Since I don't have JAWS, I have never tried HSC sets. But reading
>>>>> emails in
>>>>> this list, the script sets look extremely helpful. That's why I want
>>>>> to know
>>>>> how the scripts solve the accessibility issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm working on a new software that can handle the mouse curser, and
>>>>> manage a
>>>>> ctions that are inaccessible for blind users. Understanding HSC and
>>>>> Autohotk
>>>>> ey will certainly help me improving my software.
>>>>>
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