Dane, I upgraded to Sound Forge 12 for Windows a little over a month ago or so, fairly close to what I thought was going to be the end of the promotional period here in the United States. I have used Sound Forge for so long with all of its accessibility issues that I hesitate to change to anything else. I also have a problem with the install process but don't remember exactly what that trouble was, but I did manage to complete the process with JAWS.
I don't have a real benchmark for comparing because I installed Sound Forge 12 on a new computer that is much faster. However, subjectively, it seems to me to be more stable when I work with audio files. One fear I always have is that accessibility will get worse. Originally, I was a CoolEdit user which became Adobe Audition. Audition 1 and 1.5 were almost the same as Cool Edit and accessibility was good, but in Audition 2.0 the method of displaying changed and much of the accessibility was lost. As I understand it, Audition is fairly accessible again with scripting because some information is exposed through MSAA and UIA, but back to Sound Forge. What I have found so far is that the basic screen, menus, and the dialogs I have used in the past seem to be as accessible as they were before. There are a number of new processes that I believe are 64-bit that do not seem to be particularly accessible. However, I have not explored the new functions with the JAWS Touch Cursor. I have found that some newer interfaces reveal more using the Touch Cursor than they do using traditional approaches. Still, I am happy so far that Sound Forge 12 seems to do what I've always done with it in a manner that is more stable. There are some statements that indicate latency has been reduced so recording with Sound Forge might be more reliable. I have not experimented much with that, though, and there are so many variables that can contribute that I don't know how much I would count on that. I will be very curious to hear about your experiences and those of others as well. Also, my use has not been real intense yet, so I may uncover things I don't like, but my first reaction is that accessibility is no worse, although I don't know that I see that it is better. Best regards, Steve Jacobson -----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, June 1, 2018 8:33 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: [all-audio] Sound Forge Pro 12 Hi! Just wondering had anyone else bothered to upgrade? I didn't think I'd qualify for the $249 as I'd left the offer for quite some though I wasn't toop worried. If the price had gone back to the original $499 then I would have been quite content to keep working with other products including Sound Forge Pro for Mac which out performed Sound Forge Pro 11 for Windows so let's see how Sound Forge Pro 12 for Windows goes as I have a benchmark to compare to. So the upgrade was reasonably easy accept for the little difficulty I had activating the product with my serial number, the Screen Readers I use - JAWS or Narrator - wouldn't read the wizard screens properly. I was told that Sound For Pro 12 for Windows was supposed to be more accessible so we're not off to a good start <smile>. For those considering a purchase of Sound Forge you might be interested in the new Sound Forge Pro 365 which works in a similar way to Office E65, you pay a quarterly or yearly sum to always have use of the most up to date Sound Forge version. I did consider this option until I discovered that Magix wanted $27 per month so the figures added up - as far as I was concerned - to make the 365 version unviable for me thus the upgrade was the option I chose. Back to work now but I hope to get some time later today to have a look around this new App. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#825): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/825 View All Messages In Topic (2): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/topic/20815327 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/20815327/21656 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/editsub/21656 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/all-audio Contact Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
