Juan Pablo, you mentioned OSX, thanks for letting us know about the Voiceov=
er feature. I had never paid attention to the accessibility controls.
I generally recommend against using laptops as field recorders, but there a=
re a couple of professional multitrack field recording apps; Boom Recorder =
is one. It would be worthwhile to find out how well they work with Voiceove=
r.
-Dan
> On Nov 22, 2017, at 4:18 PM, Juan Pablo Culasso [natu=
rerecordists] <> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello all.
> i am totally blind and is really a suffering regarding the technologies t=
hat i need to use to be working.
> 1. Recorders:
> i have a 702 and a 788t. The lack of interest of SD to make at least init=
ial tests with accessibility is disapointed. The 788t, for example, I canno=
t use almost 80 % of th capabilities.
> Now with the new mix pre 3, really, i do not believe that i will buy one.
> 2. Software.
> Mac osx is the best companion. Avid is really doing a nice job putting pr=
otools in a higher level of accessibility. Most of the soft is perfectly us=
able, 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.
> 3.
> Plugins like waves, are totally accessible, all the parameters are readab=
le.
> 4.
> Sound cards and mixers, apogee is the best example. They interfaces like =
element 88, the iOS app is fvlly functional with voiceover.
> Now ending... make things accessible is not expensive. Now must be a part=
of the build process.
> Best,
> Jp.
>
>
> Visita mi web
> www.jpculasso.net <http://www.jpculasso.net/>
>
> El 22 nov 2017, a las 17:14, Dan Dugan <=
gan.com> [naturerecordists] < <natur=
>> 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, Wi=
ndows and Unix, iOS for iPad) are not accessible to the visually impaired. =
They=92re not even very good for the colorblind, as I use color a lot for i=
ndications. I make a tactile control panel that could be operated by a blin=
d person but it=92s very expensive and its status and menus are purely visu=
al.
>>
>> I=92m guessing it would cost about $10,000 to write code for a visually =
impaired mode. I don=92t know where that would come from, I=92m a small bus=
iness. Just thinking out loud.
>>
>> -Dan
>>
>> > On Nov 22, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Arn=FE=F3r Helgason =
et.is <> [naturerecordists] <naturerecordi=
<>> 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 =
of
>> > 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 thing=
s
>> > can be controlled - the type o files, frequency settings, file
>> > structure, formatting etc. Most of these things are unreachable by bli=
nd
>> > persons.
>> > Some producers (in fact I only know about 2) have installed speech int=
o
>> > 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 mo=
st
>> > 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 t=
oo
>> > 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 an=
d
>> > 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 =
at
>> > 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 th=
at
>> > 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 <http://hljod.blog.is/>
>> >
>> >
>> > ---
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>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------
>> > Posted by: =3D?UTF-8?B?QXJuw77Ds3IgSGVsZ2Fzb24=3D?=3D <arnthor.helgaso=
<>>
>> > ------------------------------------
>> >
>> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krau=
se.
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Yahoo Groups Links
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>
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sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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