[Rwp] Slightly OT Isotope Plug-ins

Thu Feb 11 10:05:15 EST 2016

I'm pretty sure Ted Terry is no longer with iZotope, but even so, it's
worth a mention as Chris says. This particular tech support chap
didn't say the right things, but I'm sure there'll be people at the
company who remember what's been done so far, it'll just be a case of
finding them.

Scott

On 2/11/16, Chris Smart <csmart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> Chris Bell, I'm sure you recall iZotope being in our corner on this,
> several years back, although I guess you wern't part of the
> accessibility testing group Ted Terry and others set up.  Perhaps
> drop Ted's name into the conversation when contacting iZotope about
> this, thank them for their previous efforts that render lots of Ozone
> 7 usable by us natively, and be sure to point them to the original
> press release announcing their commitment to accessibility. It's
> still on the web. Refer them to this page, still on their own Website:
> http://tinyurl.com/jq2aj72
>
> At the time, iZotope's stuff was being used by Berklee's online
> devision and other schools, and we got some traction by pointing out
> that public colleges in the US are supposed to procure and use
> accessible software. I wish I had my original letter that I sent both
> them and Berklee that kicked all of this off, but I neglected to keep a
> copy.
>
> Chris
>
> Chris
>
>
> At 06:05 AM 2/11/2016, you wrote:
>>Unfortunately, this is kind of par for the course.
>>We get lucky sometimes and little companies throw us a bone, but
>>it's usually well, we'd like to but we can't be bothered, cost too much,
>>not enough resources etc.
>>So we make our rigs, and work arounds and do the best we can.
>>
>>
>>On 2/11/2016 4:54 AM, onlineeagle via RWP wrote:
>>>Wow, so it's not as if they don't know it's inaccessible. They've
>>>made it inaccessible but don't see it as an issue as such. They
>>>obviously think that we are such a minority that it's fine to go
>>>ahead and create an inaccessible installer, with no real concern
>>>that it will stop us from installing their products. I hope their
>>>installer is nice and pretty for those sighted folks. I've spoken
>>>to a lot of sighted people who are always moaning about how they
>>>wish their installers weren't so ugly. Obviously they desire
>>>aesthetically pleasing installers that are works of incredible art.
>>>It's so frustrating that we had more accessibility years ago. I
>>>shall email them too.
>>>
>>>P4s. The thing about moaning sighted people was sarcasm. I don't
>>>think anyone installs a product because the installer is pretty.
>>>
>>>Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>>On 11 Feb 2016, at 09:27, Justin <justinmacleod at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>Here is the somewhat terse response I received from the customer
>>>>care team. If anyone with remote interest in any of Izotope's
>>>>plug-ins could contact the team to demonstrate the strength of
>>>>interest, that would be great.
>>>>
>>>>Hi Justin,
>>>>Thank you for contacting us!
>>>>Unfortunately our software is not compatible with Screen reading
>>>>software. I apologize for the inconvenience!
>>>>I will be happy to pass your need for screen reading software
>>>>support to our Product Management team for their consideration in
>>>>future updates to our product line.
>>>>If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to
>>>>let me know. Thanks!
>>>>Sincerely,
>>>>Jeshua
>>>>
>>>>>On 10/02/2016 21:10, Patrick Perdue wrote:
>>>>>There is an NVDA addon that gives OCR based on the tesseract
>>>>>engine, which isn't really that great for accuracy, but can
>>>>>sometimes get you by if you can't see what you're looking for
>>>>>using object review or screen review modes.
>>>>>I can use it to select and mute and unmute channels on my
>>>>>Presonus StudioLive VSL software, which is all pretty much
>>>>>inaccessible, though it's not really efficient to do so.
>>>>>
>>>>>>On 2/10/2016 1:43 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>>>>>>Have you tried Jaws's OCR feature on the installer screens? Doesn't
>>>>>> NVDA
>>>>>>have an oCR feature of some kind as well? Just an idea. I'm going to
>>>>>>grab the free delay plugin today.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>At 04:14 AM 2/10/2016, you wrote:
>>>>>>>Hi all
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>For those of you using Isotope software, how do you install and
>>>>>>>authorise it without sighted assistance, or isn't it possible?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I downloaded one of their free plug-ins yesterday and the installer
>>>>>>>wouldn't speak at all and the authorisation dialogue, although I
>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>get it to come up by triggering the custom UI in Reaper's effects
>>>>>>>dialogue, also seemed inaccessible. I couldn't enter my sereal number
>>>>>>>at all or any of the other details it wanted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks for any help,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Justin
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