Its not really a case of them lacking knowledge Nick. More down to a lack of finances, probably a fear of destabilising a gigantic codebase, and some serious politics. All a matter of oppinion, but for what it's worth, my oppinion is that we're best having someone poking at their internals rather than sending them links. Being the Pro Tools guru to own all gurus, Slau is the man for the job.
On 8/20/12, Nick Gawronski <n...@nickgawronski.com> wrote: > Hi, Why not point them at http://www.apple.com/accessibility for apple > software and http://www.microsoft.com/enable for windows based software > as I have found when talking about accessibility to other software > companies if you can give them resources then you are more likely to get > results? Nick Gawronski > > On 8/19/2012 8:50 PM, Gordon Kent wrote: >> It's great to know that it's not a dead issue. Frankly, I'd be willing >> to chip in a few bucks to bring somebody onboard if they were going to >> be dedicated to taking on this project and had the necessary access to >> source code, which could be a problem. >> Gord >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Slau Halatyn >> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:52 PM >> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >> Subject: a brief debriefing on Pro Tools >> >> Folks, >> >> I just wanted to briefly give you a little synopsis regarding >> accessibility issues in Pro Tools. As most of you know, there have been >> some changes of late. Actually, there are the changes in Pro Tools, of >> course, but more importantly, there have been significant changes at >> Avid. If you keep up with the business section of your paper, you'll >> have read about the investments and divestments involving Avid, their >> staff, their affiliated companies, etc. This is truly a difficult period >> for the company. >> >> At any rate, I did speak with Bobby Lombardi and we talked about >> possible solutions for the future. Part of it might involve taking on an >> intern, not unlike the last time, and tackling the most pressing issues. >> There's another possibility that involves a sort of "hackathon" where >> programmers take on special projects and run with it to see how far they >> get and, if their work seems successful enough, they incorporate it into >> the application. Without delving into more details (because at this >> point, we know which is more likely), we're going to touch base in a few >> more weeks and to see where we stand. I'll be going out to San francisco >> at the end of October and will have some face-to-face time with Bobby >> and others with whom I've kept in touch. >> >> There's another development that might potentially help push things >> along a bit but it's too early to discuss. As soon as I have more >> information, I'll share it here. >> >> Best, >> >> Slau >
