Hello all.
i am totally blind and is really a suffering regarding the technologies tha=
t i need to use to be working.
Message: 1.
Subject: Recorders:
i have a 702 and a 788t. The lack of interest of SD to make at least initia=
l tests with accessibility is disapointed. The 788t, for example, I cannot =
use almost 80 % of th capabilities.
Now with the new mix pre 3, really, i do not believe that i will buy one.
Message: 2.
Subject: Software.
Mac osx is the best companion. Avid is really doing a nice job putting prot=
ools in a higher level of accessibility. Most of the soft is perfectly usab=
le, with or not using a console like artist transport or avid s3.
Izotope specially rx, is my favourite. When somethin is broken, they fix it=
in updates.
Message: 3.
Subject: Plugins like waves, are totally accessible, all the parameters are
readable=
.
Message: 4.
Subject: Sound cards and mixers, apogee is the best example. They interfaces
like el=
ement 88, the iOS app is fvlly functional with voiceover.
Now ending... make things accessible is not expensive. Now must be a part o=
f the build process.
Best,
Jp.
Visita mi web
www.jpculasso.net
> El 22 nov 2017, a las 17:14, Dan Dugan [naturerecordists=
] <> escribi=F3:
>
> Dear Arnthor,
>
> I manufacture professional audio equipment (not for field recording) and =
I=92m embarrassed to say that my software control panels (Java for Mac, Win=
dows and Unix, iOS for iPad) are not accessible to the visually impaired. T=
hey=92re not even very good for the colorblind, as I use color a lot for in=
dications. I make a tactile control panel that could be operated by a blind=
person but it=92s very expensive and its status and menus are purely visua=
l.
>
> I=92m guessing it would cost about $10,000 to write code for a visually i=
mpaired mode. I don=92t know where that would come from, I=92m a small busi=
ness. Just thinking out loud.
>
> -Dan
>
> > On Nov 22, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Arn=FE=F3r Helgason =
t.is [naturerecordists] <> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all.
> >
> > Please take a few minutes to read this message.
> >
> >
> > I have to say that after having looked through the variety of portable=
> > sound recorders, recently on the market, I get more and more worried.
> > It seams as the modern technical trend is meant to serve the benefits o=
f
> > some people but not all.
> > It is already a known fact thas some visually impaired or blind people=
> > are excellent recordists. Recently some, if not all recent models of
> > sound recorders have touch screens instead of tactile (raised) buttons.
> > An other fact is the menu system. Through the menus all kinds of things=
> > can be controlled - the type o files, frequency settings, file
> > structure, formatting etc. Most of these things are unreachable by blin=
d
> > persons.
> > Some producers (in fact I only know about 2) have installed speech into=
> > some of the menu systems but not the whole systems. Olympus and Sound
> > Devices can be mentioned in this case, but the systems with the speech=
> > only give limited access to the information.
> >
> > In 2007 I bought a Nagra Ares BB+. The reason was the structure o the
> > menu system which made it almost possible for me to keep control of mos=
t
> > of the settings needed for the most frequent setups. When I complained=
> > about the silent menu system I was told that Steavy wonder could cobe
> > with it.:)
> > I still favour this recorder as a high quality soundproducer.
> >
> > Recently I bought a Zoom H6. Some recommended an F-8, but there were to=
o
> > many elements which were not usable for my purposes o field recordings.
> >
> > Now my statement is this:
> >
> > The American foundation of the Blind has been fighting for a better
> > access of blind and visually impaired people to the world web. More and=
> > more people now reach the age when their sight will decrease. Some of
> > them might be in our group of field recordists.
> > Shouldn't they love to be able to carry on with thei recordings?
> > What about the companies, producing recording equipments?
> > Arn't they violating the human rights by not taking into consideration=
> > the needs of a ever growing group of people with reduced or no vision a=
t
> > all?
> >
> > I must say that my contacts with some of the companies have been quite=
> > positive. Thus Zoom has made it possible for me to work with some
> > settings by providing scriptly information about the necessary steps,
> > even though it happened last Saturday that I did something wrong so tha=
t
> > a whole recording was an Mp3 224 kb instead of a WAV 24 bits and 48
> > Hertz. Fortunately my sighted wife helped me to restore the propper
> > settings.
> >
> > Let us join together to create a better world for all o us.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Arnthor
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://hljod.blog.is
> >
> >
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> >
> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Kraus=
e.
> >
> >
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