Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt
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Building and playing a bit with a default project will help you get started.
You have the list of main Desktop OS, since you are a beginner, this should already be enough.
You’ll have to build your project for each OS you plan to support. And also follow the deployment procedure for them.
@SGaist said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
Building and playing a bit with a default project will help you get started.
You have the list of main Desktop OS, since you are a beginner, this should already be enough.
You’ll have to build your project for each OS you plan to support. And also follow the deployment procedure for them.
So for example, the first part of my Way-Cool Advanced Sample Engine is the Main Window of the App. This includes the Menu Bar, the Player View button, the Browser View button, and the Mixer View button.
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I was thinking more about getting used to the widgets themselves and how to work with them. Once you're used to them, you can start designing your GUI and implement it.
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@SGaist said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
Building and playing a bit with a default project will help you get started.
You have the list of main Desktop OS, since you are a beginner, this should already be enough.
You’ll have to build your project for each OS you plan to support. And also follow the deployment procedure for them.
So for example, the first part of my Way-Cool Advanced Sample Engine is the Main Window of the App. This includes the Menu Bar, the Player View button, the Browser View button, and the Mixer View button.
@Annabelle
Assuming you're still around. Although I do not use Qt 5.10 (the latest Release), I just noticed what I understand to be a whole new feature introduced there: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.10/qtspeech-index.htmlI think/hope Qt text-to-speech might be a huge boon to your intended product!
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@Annabelle
Assuming you're still around. Although I do not use Qt 5.10 (the latest Release), I just noticed what I understand to be a whole new feature introduced there: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.10/qtspeech-index.htmlI think/hope Qt text-to-speech might be a huge boon to your intended product!
@JonB said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
@Annabelle
Assuming you're still around. Although I do not use Qt 5.10 (the latest Release), I just noticed what I understand to be a whole new feature introduced there: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.10/qtspeech-index.htmlI think/hope Qt text-to-speech might be a huge boon to your intended product!
Yeah I'm still here. I've just recently started school again, so that probably got in the way. QTt ext-To-Speech? Is that sort of like QAccessible? A boon? I'm confused!
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@JonB said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
@Annabelle
Assuming you're still around. Although I do not use Qt 5.10 (the latest Release), I just noticed what I understand to be a whole new feature introduced there: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.10/qtspeech-index.htmlI think/hope Qt text-to-speech might be a huge boon to your intended product!
Yeah I'm still here. I've just recently started school again, so that probably got in the way. QTt ext-To-Speech? Is that sort of like QAccessible? A boon? I'm confused!
@Annabelle
"Boon" means "helpful or beneficial". I don't know any of the details, just from what you have written previously I thought that anything to incorporate in your wok which aids the hard-of-sight would be a good idea in your product. -
@Annabelle
"Boon" means "helpful or beneficial". I don't know any of the details, just from what you have written previously I thought that anything to incorporate in your wok which aids the hard-of-sight would be a good idea in your product.@JonB said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
@Annabelle
"Boon" means "helpful or beneficial". I don't know any of the details, just from what you have written previously I thought that anything to incorporate in your wok which aids the hard-of-sight would be a good idea in your product.Since I believe strongly in diversity, my mission is to make products and services that are accessible to anyone and everyone, whether they are sighted, blind, visually impaired, hearing, deaf, hearing impaired, or even physically handicapped, speech impaired or have learning difficulties.
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@JonB said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
@Annabelle
"Boon" means "helpful or beneficial". I don't know any of the details, just from what you have written previously I thought that anything to incorporate in your wok which aids the hard-of-sight would be a good idea in your product.Since I believe strongly in diversity, my mission is to make products and services that are accessible to anyone and everyone, whether they are sighted, blind, visually impaired, hearing, deaf, hearing impaired, or even physically handicapped, speech impaired or have learning difficulties.
@Annabelle said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
Since I believe strongly in diversity, my mission is to make products and services that are accessible to anyone and everyone, whether they are sighted, blind, visually impaired, hearing, deaf, hearing impaired, or even physically handicapped, speech impaired or have learning difficulties.
Yes, that is a very honourable principle.
Qt Text-to-Speech can be used to convert written text to spoken words.
You will need a variety of technologies to make your products and services accessible to everyone. Qt Text-to-Speech is one technology that is helpful to the blind or the visually impaired. However, it is not helpful to the deaf or the hearing impaired.
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@JonB said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
@Annabelle
"Boon" means "helpful or beneficial". I don't know any of the details, just from what you have written previously I thought that anything to incorporate in your wok which aids the hard-of-sight would be a good idea in your product.Since I believe strongly in diversity, my mission is to make products and services that are accessible to anyone and everyone, whether they are sighted, blind, visually impaired, hearing, deaf, hearing impaired, or even physically handicapped, speech impaired or have learning difficulties.
@Annabelle
My understanding, from your earlier posts, is that you are blind and are using text-to-speech technologies --- screen/page readers --- to do your development work.I would think that you would welcome the fact that Qt now offers to incorporate that kind of technology for your end-users into applications you develop with Qt. That is what the new Qt text-to-speech facility I mentioned provides.
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So for example, in the Mixer Window, how would I create an accessible example of a microphone array?
@Annabelle said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
So for example, in the Mixer Window, how would I create an accessible example of a microphone array?
First, describe how you want to let your users interact with the microphone array.
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@Annabelle said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
So for example, in the Mixer Window, how would I create an accessible example of a microphone array?
First, describe how you want to let your users interact with the microphone array.
@JKSH said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
@Annabelle said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
So for example, in the Mixer Window, how would I create an accessible example of a microphone array?
First, describe how you want to let your users interact with the microphone array.
Basically what happens is, the customer chooses a set of microphones (Close, Mid, Surround, Stage, Room, Overhead, Main Mix, Decka Tree), whichever microphones and mixes are presented in each instrument, by navigating to the Microphones menu and right-clicking or pressing the Applications Key, then left-clicking or pressing enter on the microphones they want to select. The instrument then loads the chosen samples, while the other mixes and microphones are either muted or unloaded from memory.
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If anyone is interested, when I complete the manual, I can send it along, so you can get an idea of what the interface will look like. The manual will include keyboard commands, and basic descriptions of the components of the user interface. Will this help in figuring out how to program the different components?
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If anyone is interested, when I complete the manual, I can send it along, so you can get an idea of what the interface will look like. The manual will include keyboard commands, and basic descriptions of the components of the user interface. Will this help in figuring out how to program the different components?
@Annabelle
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Yes it's a very good idea to write manual first.
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@Annabelle
Hi
Yes it's a very good idea to write manual first.
It gives a overview of the components needed and what functions they must have.@mrjj said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
@Annabelle
Hi
Yes it's a very good idea to write manual first.
It gives a overview of the components needed and what functions they must have.After completing the manual, how would I post it for anyone to read? Is there a way to post attachments on this forum?
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@mrjj said in Creating a Virtual Instrument with Qt:
@Annabelle
Hi
Yes it's a very good idea to write manual first.
It gives a overview of the components needed and what functions they must have.After completing the manual, how would I post it for anyone to read? Is there a way to post attachments on this forum?
@Annabelle
Yes there is but it only likes images and .c files.
Maybe we can cheat and rename it doc to say .cpp
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I could try that, but I still wonder how I would post it? Is there a button on the message page that is designed for posting attachments?
@Annabelle
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it only allows images and not doc or pdf.
So to post here you would have to use some other site and post the link here so people can download and watch. -
@Annabelle
Only if it gives a link and not want email.
https://wetransfer.com/ can do it but you have to click on a blue button to make it show
the option. not sure how well that works with screen reader.Alternatively, you can use free dropbox and put file there and right click to get link.
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Someone on the forum said there's a new Qt Application, or maybe it's a Template. QTextToSpeech. I think that's what it's called. When I looked at the documentation
for this application, it didn't say anything about whether screenreaders could speak things like "Buttons", "Checkboxes", "Combo Boxes", etc. It said something about making a text-to-speech application. I'm confused
on which way to go with this, whether to use "QAccessibleInterface" or "QTextToSpeech". If there's a possibility, you can check out Strum Acoustic and Strum Electric, virtual instruments made by Applied Acoustics
of Canada. http://www.applied-acoustics.com. It's programmed in C++, and it responds really well to screenreaders like JAWS. I wonder what template is
used in that one? Is it QAccessible? QTextToSpeech? I'm confused on that one! I want to use the C++ Programming Language for all my programs that I will
make. But I want to make them accessible to people of all abilities, whether sighted, blind, visually challenged, etc.
