[sc-users] a talking post window for a blind SC3 user?

Ryan Brown ryan at wabdo.com
Wed Jan 31 08:37:48 PST 2007


There are also calls to post/postfl in C (for errors and such) that I  
don't think go through the SC interpreter at all.

On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:44 PM, Jan Trutzschler wrote:

> Hi Julio,
> this might need some further testing, but this simple line should  
> do it:
>
> thisProcess.interpreter.codeDump = {|cmdLine, result, function|
> 	result.asString.speak;
> };
>
> regards,
> Jan
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2007, at 7:05 AM, julio d'escrivan wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I hope you are all doing well in the new year.
>>
>> One of my students from the sound design and synthesis class is  
>> blind. I have no previous experience of teaching blind students.  
>> What I am finding is that by using JitLib my student is not only  
>> quickly being able to modify the sounds without having to re- 
>> evaluate or re-type code but also doesn't have to type it in a  
>> visually meaningful way; Any order of code will do and he can keep  
>> re-using lines he already typed without having to copy and paste  
>> again, etc. And, slowly but surely, this is working . To further  
>> help him there is one thing I think I need to do to customize his  
>> SC3 (and I already did a search for this but apart from Chris F.  
>> asking something regarding the iPod for a blind user, could not  
>> find anything else): A talking post window: so that whenever code  
>> is evaluated in a certain window, the post window will not only  
>> print but also speak its response. Otherwise he has to tab around  
>> until he finds the post window then locate the last line and  
>> highlight it so it will be spoken by the mac... too time  
>> consuming. There must be a tweak I can do to get SC3 to talk its  
>> posts as it prints them to that window, right?
>>
>> What class do I need to modify for this to happen?
>>
>> As always, thanks for your help,
>>
>> Julio
>>
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