Hello Ed, Sorry I haven't replied till now, was gone for a bit.
I applaud your email, feedback from blind users is very important. Dialog is greate and you and Avid offering this kind of feedback is great, welcome to the list. I look forward for more of your emails. Johbn > On Nov 7, 2014, at 1:50 AM, Ed Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Google Accessibility Discussion Group Members: > > > Avid has recently enjoyed the opportunity to work with visually impaired > audio professionals to improve VoiceOver support for Pro Tools, and we want > to keep these improvements coming. Just as importantly, we want to encourage > our Connectivity Partners (our new collective name for all third party > technology developers) to follow suit. In working with this team, we drafted > a plug-In accessibility rating system that we will soon finalize and share > with third parties. It is our hope that the blind user community will come > to score AAX plug-ins based on this framework or something similar. Here > is the working rating system, for which you are welcome to provide input: > > > > AAX plug-in is rated from 1 to 5 with 5 representing “strong agreement” for > the following criteria: > > > > 1. Plug-in can be installed and its license authorized without sighted > assistance. > > 2. Plug-in can be registered without sighted assistance > > 3. Plug-in supports Pro Tools standard methodology for save/load of > presets or employs a proprietary substitute that supports VoiceOver > > 4. All user-controllable parameters are speakable with VoiceOver > > 5. Plug-in contains accurate page tables for Avid control surfaces > compatible with Pro Tools 11 or higher > > 6. Connectivity Partner makes customer-facing statement in support of > accessibility and provides contact information for related inquiries. > > > > So, let us know what you think, and together, we can make accessibility a > “first class citizen” on the roadmaps of as many Connectivity Partners as > possible. > > > > Gratefully, > > > > Ed Gray > > Director, Partnering Programs | Product Management > > Avid > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
