[sib-access] Re: The current state of accessibility in Sibelius 7.51 Please read carefully!
- From: Patricia Elena <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:36:24 -0300
Hi all, thanks for The upgrades on accessibility. What are the possibilities of
getting the Veta version of the scripts for Sibelius 6.20?
Best wishes,
Patricia Elena
Enviado desde mi iPhone
> El 09/17/2014, a las 14:49, Kevin L Gibbs <kevjazz@xxxxxx> escribió:
>
> Wait a minute before you upgrade. Everyone on this list read what I'm about
> to say very carefully, please!
>
> The accessibility available in Sibelius 7.51 is not as good as we have been
> used to in 5.25, or for those of us who had the beta scripts for 6.20. For
> example, it is not possible to know whether a note has an articulation mark
> attached to it. hairpins and slurs can be attached. But, when reviewing a
> score, NVDA will consistently misreport the start and end point of a hairpin
> or slur.
>
> Gord has written a section in our documentation explaining what can and can't
> be done when writing lyrics under music.
>
> The mixer is still completely inaccessible.
>
> Please wait until our documentation is posted on the Avid website. You will
> be able to read this documentation without purchasing the product. I can't
> recommend reading this documentation strongly enough before, yes, that's
> before you purchase Sibelius 7.51. Accessibility is definitely a work in
> progress and you will probably be sorely disappointed if you migrate from
> 5.25 to 7.51, as the level of accessibility in 7.51 is nowhere near what we
> have in 5.25. Future versions will improve this. But you need to have no
> illusions about the current state of accessibility.
>
> Kevin
>> On Sep 17, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>>
>> Kevin. Thank you! That is some of the best news I've heard in months!
>> I'd better upgrade to Sib7 then. (grin)
>>
>>
>> At 11:11 AM 9/17/2014, you wrote:
>>> Guys,
>>> This may be as good a time as any to let a cat out of the bag.
>>>
>>> Gordon Kent and I have been working closely with the folks at Avid
>>> to enhance accessibility in Sibelius 7.51. It may be completely
>>> coincidental that Avid has decided not to offer downgrades. But we
>>> will be offering some special blind centric documentation for
>>> Sibelius 7.51 and NVDA very soon. No JFW or scripts needed.
>>>
>>> Watch this space in the next month or so.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Sep 17, 2014, at 9:37 AM, Tim Burgess <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Me too.
>>>>
>>>> I've sent a message to the product manager - I've got an automated
>>>> out-of-office reply, but I know that this chap will respond as soon as he
>>>> possibly can.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes.
>>>> Tim Burgess
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chi Kim
>>>> Sent: 17 September 2014 15:20
>>>> To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [sib-access] Re: Problem: Avid Won't Downgrade Sibelius 7 to
>>>> Sibelius 5 Anymore
>>>>
>>>> Tim, thanks for investigating. Please keep us updated.
>>>> I really hope I'm wrong about this.
>>>>
>>>> Chi
>>>>> On 9/17/2014 9:28 AM, Tim Burgess wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm querying this state of affairs via my contacts within Avid and will
>>>> post
>>>>> a definitive statement from them as and when I receive a reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes.
>>>>> Tim Burgess
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chi Kim
>>>>> Sent: 17 September 2014 13:27
>>>>> To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: [sib-access] Problem: Avid Won't Downgrade Sibelius 7 to Sibelius
>>>> 5
>>>>> Anymore
>>>>>
>>>>> HI All,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a sad news. I just talked to Avid tech support last Friday to
>>>>> help one of my students, and they won't let you downgrade anymore.
>>>>> The tech support told me that he cannot generate a new serial for
>>>>> Sibelius 5 apparently.
>>>>> He was aware of the accessibility with Sibelius 5 and the script. I
>>>>> suspect this is going to be a huge problem now for new users.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chi
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