[Rwp] Please read, A suggestion for the next release of Osara, what does the list think?

[Shane Davidson]

Might I suggest you write this up on the github issue tracker for osara? 
You can find this at:
https://github.com/nvaccess/osara/issues
Thanks.
Shane


On 3/23/2016 12:55 PM, Jes wrote:
> Although I love Osara and the strides Jamie has made in improving 
> access to Reaper, I think Osara could really be improved if users 
> could have complete control over what Osara speaks and when it speaks it.
> For instance, right now in the Osara configuration, there are only 
> three checkboxes - Report fx when moving to tracks, report item 
> position when scrubbing, and report the transport state play, record, 
> etc. However, I am getting extrainious speech that I could do without, 
> such as being told "Selection start, selection end" when hitting 
> alt+shift+left and right brackets. While this info may be extremely 
> helpful for newbies to Reaper and Osara, I find it a nucence hearing 
> that I have started or ended a selection, especially because those 
> keys must be deliberately pressed. Also, I would rather not hear the 
> note of every single midi note or event as I am arrowing up and down 
> in the midi event editor. As a pianist, I can tell what note is what 
> simply by listening to it and making the needed changes, without Osara 
> babbling at me at the same time I am trying to work. The only way to 
> shut Osara up is to mute NVDA's speech completely, then turn it back 
> on when I need speech back.
> Any ideas on how this could be added? I think it would be better to 
> put a nice edit field in the Osara config in case we, the users want 
> to add custom entries to make Osara be quiet, rather than having to 
> create a checkbox for every single prompt Osara speaks. Less work for 
> Jamie, and more flexible for users. Maybe I want to just hear the 
> word, "on, off", when I hit control shift M to turn the metronome on 
> or off. I already know that I'm dealing with the metronome, I just 
> might want a single word telling me its state.
> Sorry for such a long email but this issue really, really needs to be 
> resolved for the advanced Reaperian. And let's not forget, that 
> beginning users will become advanced at some point if they stick with 
> Reaper long enough.
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