Changing the Staff and Part name using a screen reader in MuseScore 4
Hi guys!
Tell me please, how can I change the name of the staff and part if I have multiple staves in the score?
I use a screen reader and work in MuseScore 4.
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First, you need to navigate to the Instruments panel in the left sidebar. Assuming you are currently in the score, Shift+F6 should navigate backwards to the previous UI area, which is the left sidebar normally. Then use Left/Right to navigate to the Instruments tab, and Space or Enter to select it. Then Tab to move into the panel (you'll be on the Add button), Tab again to reach the actual instrument list, and then Up/Down to move through the list until you find the one you can to change. Once you find the instrument, press Left/Right to move through the options for that instrument until you reach the settings icon. press Space or Enter to activate it. You'll then be on the full name which can edit, and pressing Down will take you to the abbreviated name that appears on systems after the first.
In reply to First, you need to navigate… by Marc Sabatella
Hello Mark!
Everything worked out, only I have problems with reading the instrument settings window.
My screen reader speaks "MuseScore 4 window" and then I can't read the edit fields, their content, or anything else in the window.
I use NVDA.
In reply to Hello Mark! Everything… by vlad-mus
Sorry it took a while to confirm - my Windows computer was out of service a couple of days, but is back now. I can confirm that NVDA does not read the two fields. JAWS does, and so does Orca on Linux. I will submit an issue report for the issue with NVDA. meanwhile, know that the focus is on the full name, and down arrow will move you to the abbreviated name.
In reply to Sorry it took a while to… by Marc Sabatella
Hello Mark!
Which screen reader works best in MuseScore 4 on Windows computer?
In reply to Hello Mark! Which screen… by vlad-mus
That’s hard to say. I think in general more things are tested with NVDA, but JAWS is in general considered better from what I understand and it does seem to be able to read things that NVDA for whatever reason cannot. Also don’t rule out Narrator. We’d be interested to hear your experience of which is working best for you overall!
In reply to That’s hard to say. I think… by Marc Sabatella
Okay Mark.
I will try to test MuseScore with NVDA and JAWS and immediately report any problems with the indication of the screen reader.
Unfortunately, I don't have a narrator and will not be able to test with this screen reader.
In reply to Okay Mark. I will try to… by vlad-mus
I could be wrong, but I belive Narrator is the one that ships with Windows itself.
In reply to I could be wrong, but I… by Rickard H
You are not wrong :-). Narrator is included with Windows and has been for a very long time in fact (since Windows 2000 apparently). In the past it wasn't very sophisticated, but it has developed into a reasonably capable screen reader over the years. In my own tests it does work well with MuseScore.
In reply to You are not wrong :-). … by Marc Sabatella
OK I understood
In reply to Sorry it took a while to… by Marc Sabatella
Unfortunately, with JAWS I was not able to edit the fields of the full and short name of the instrument, but the fields names are read
In reply to Unfortunately, with JAWS I… by vlad-mus
Can you explain further? These are plain text boxes, you can just type into them normally regardless of which screen reader you are using.
In reply to Can you explain further? … by Marc Sabatella
If I run JAWS
I can read the name of the fields, see their contents, but when I try to remove the characters and replace them with my own, nothing changes.
But the name of the staff changes.
When I reopen the settings window, the fields already have new content.
If I run NVDA
I do not hear either the names of the fields and their contents, when I try to enter a new staff name, it changes on the staff.
In reply to If I run JAWS I can read the… by vlad-mus
It's actually working - the text is replaced within the box. It's just that for some reason some screen readers don't read anything. Narrator apparently reads the contents of the text box but not the labels.
In reply to It's actually working - the… by Marc Sabatella
A JAWS reads text boxes labels, but not their contents