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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hey Chris:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I can speak to a couple of your
questions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>ReaAccess seems to make reaper nearly completely
accessible.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Since I'm not an original designer of ReaAccess, I
really don't know what it doesn't make accessible within the
program.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>There are a few casual audio tutorials on some
basic functions within reaper as they relate to ReaAccess and using reaper with
ReaAccess and a screen reader.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We do have access to the routing matrix along with
pretty much everything else.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From what I have heard from other folks who use
sonar, there is a little bit of commonality, but reaper really is it's own
beast.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I'm not sure what you mean by a generic interface
for plug ins, but ReaAccess gives full, or nearly full, access to all of reapers
plugins.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Don't forget you can use training mode within
reaper, which is simply the F12 key.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This will allow you to hit any key combination and
hear it's associated functions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Also, F4 will bring up an actions list which you
can search with search filters to find the info or particular action you want,
with it's associated keyboard combination...you can also add new keyboard
shortcuts in the actions list.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Are you on drop box?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have a 3 part casual audio tutorial on some of
the introductory stuff, as well as some other reaper goodies if your
interested.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>you can use this email <A
href="mailto:blulemon@telus.net">blulemon@telus.net</A> to add me to a folder or
create a new one with drop box.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Otherwise, I can send you a sendspace link with the
files.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Colin</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=themusicalbrewer@gmail.com
href="mailto:themusicalbrewer@gmail.com">Christopher Bartlett</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=rwp@reaaccess.com
href="mailto:rwp@reaaccess.com">rwp@reaaccess.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 06, 2011 9:31
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [RWP] Just getting started with
Reaper, many questions.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone. I am coming here starting up my
recording/mixing hobby after a couple years out of the game. I used
Sonar, both with the Jsonar scripts and the Dancing Dots Cake Talking
scripts. I am pretty familiar with many of the basic concepts behind
using a DAW. I was getting discouraged by the upgrade costs of that
platform.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>And lo! I discovered reaper and ReAccess, and am all
excited to dive in and learn how to use this program and accessibility
solution. But either I’m so rusty that the documentation is going over
my head, or I’m not finding documentation written with keyboard users in mind
and am having trouble getting my brain wrapped around the
interface.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>So, a few question to get me started.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I have downloaded the user guide and looked at the
wiki. Both seem to be written from the perspective of sighted
users. Is there any documentation written from our perspective,
explaining work flow and basic interface concepts like how to move from the
track view to other views in Reaper? How accessible does ReAccess make
Reaper? Are there things we can’t do?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The user guide mentions some sample projects, but the URL
it gives appears to be out of date, and the samples shown on the wiki are
either no longer there, or a project file with no media associated with
it. I’d love to be able to work with a full-fledged Reaper project as I
go through the documentation, rather than having to create my own from
scratch. Is there a repository of such data?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Are there any audio tutorials done for screen reader users
anywhere?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Finally, I’m coming from Sonar, a DAW I understood at least
at an intermediate level. What concepts translate? What will I
have to relearn in order to make efficient use of Reaper?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Do we have access to the routing matrix I’ve seen
references to?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Has anyone used NVDA’s audible mouse tracking to do things
like draw automation envelopes?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I saw reference to a generic interface for plug-ins that
one can use. Does this give us the holy grail of access to any arbitrary
plug-in?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Ok, you can see I’m eager. I think that’s enough
questions for the moment. Gods below, I can’t wait to get through this
move and set up my work station again to use this seemingly lovely
software.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P
class=MsoNormal>
Chris Bartlett<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
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