Re: [LAU] (LV2) plugins and accessibility

So I guess what it really takes is a host that provides a good CLI-UI.
The trouble is, I guess, designing such an UI.

I'm not blind, but I would use a good keyboard driven host, and I think many
others would do the same.

The UI would need to be keyboard driven, but I really don't know how the
input would work and which feedback in which form the host should
provide. Which kind of UI is best for blind users? Does ncurses get in
the way somehow or does it work well? Is a command driven interface
better (you give a command, you get a response and give another
command)? Since lv2 is mostly about audio so far we might not need a lot
of text feedback, but it could still be handy for some things and
somehow the user needs to know what he can do, which is the main reason for
menus IMHO, and I don't know the CLI alternative.

Regards,
Philipp

Excerpts from Jeremy Salwen's message of 2011-01-18 19:15:49 +0100:
> No, they definitely are. LV2 plugins are entirely separate from their GUIs.
> I suppose it's technically possible that someone could make a plugin that
> is dependent on its GUI to function, but that would be nonstandard, and
> everyone would hate them for it unless they had good reason to do so. Right
> now, I'm pretty sure that the only plugins that require their GUI are those
> whose main function is to display something.
>
> Jeremy
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Julien Claassen <julien@email-addr-hidden-lab.de> wrote:
>
> > Hello SM!
> > I'm not sure, but if they took features of the already existing DSSI in
> > consideration - and they took a lok at VST - then UIs should already be
> > seperate from the DSP/engine code. I think, that's how, they are used in
> > that test plugin host. But that may all be complete bollocks on the other
> > hand, since I'm just guessing based on a few facts I know.
> >
> > Kindly yours
> > Julien
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