Ed, Reuben and myself are now employed by Raw Material Software Limited (trading as JUCE), a UK company dedicated to the development of the JUCE framework and ADC. Pace Anti-Piracy Inc is the new owner of Raw Material Software Limited.
We were hoping to make the acquisition announcement in a few weeks, when we could also reveal some more concrete information about some upcoming features, but some of the more observant members of the audio developer community noticed the filings in Company House.
So, now that the news has broken, we would also like to let people know that we will shortly begin working on adding accessibility support to JUCE. This won’t be ready in time for the launch of JUCE 6, but is currently scheduled for JUCE 6.1. Once JUCE 6 has been released we will be reaching out to the community for feedback from people who require accessibility frameworks to use audio software and companies where accessibility support is crucial. We already have some generous offers of assistance from a handful of groups but opening up this process to everyone will benefit the largest number of people.
We will also be making improvements to how JUCE licenses are managed. A new portal where JUCE users can configure their current license, update their subscriptions, and view invoices and receipts for their purchases will replace the limited functionality provided by MyROLI. We’re currently in the process of transitioning away from ROLI’s web infrastructure and will provide a more detailed update when the new services are ready.