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

[James Teh]

The idea of complete control over every single message is impossible, as 
well as making configuration rather complex and thus unintuitive. You 
mention a nice edit field instead of check boxes, but I don't think 
you've considered how this would really work if it were implemented. 
What would you put in this field? How would you customise every single 
message in a single field?

To address the three specific examples you provided:
1. Setting start and end of selection: I added this because it was 
specifically requested. I also don't follow why hearing this is a big 
deal. You're not having to wait to hear important information (unlike, 
say, "metronome on"), so if you don't want to hear it, why not just 
ignore it?
2. Notes in MIDI editor: I agree it'd make sense to add a check box to 
silence these. Again, the correct place for such requests is GitHub.
3. Metronome on/off: It's true that you have to wait to hear "metronome" 
before you hear the state. Again, I'm not sure how this really affects 
workflow; it's three extra syllables and most advanced users either know 
what state the metronome is in (because they can hear it ticking) or 
have speech set fast enough that three extra syllables isn't going to 
matter. That said, I guess I could consider changing this.

Jamie

On 23/03/2016 9:55 AM, 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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