[RWP] Fw: [midi-mag] Accessibility Campaign

Tue May 10 17:53:33 EDT 2011

thanks very much; may consider a purchase sometime in the future , first I 
need to either borrow it from somebody for a test drive , or work with nvda 
and Reaper on someone else's computer where Stylus is installed.
best
Roy.
www.soundclick.com/tzackeek
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rene Kaaij" <kaaijmusic at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Fw: [midi-mag] Accessibility Campaign


> Hi Roy,
> I don't use the time designer feature that much. i mostly use Stylus for 
> the additional loops, or for the drumkits.
> When I need to drag a loop onto a Reaper track, I select it with the 
> cursor routing on my Braille display, then lock the left mouse button with 
> NVDA. I move the real mouse to the fx window in Reaper, which is no 
> problem with NVDA and then I release my left mouse button.
> Trilian and Omnisphere are a bit easier to operate, because it's possible 
> to select sounds with your braille display's cursor routing. There is also 
> a search filter which helps a lot.
> Rene
> Op 10 mei 2011, om 21:17 heeft Roy Shtupler het volgende geschreven:
>
>> hi Rene
>> do you have special hsc sets or some other means of accessing items in 
>> rmx?
>> do you use the Chaos and time designer features?
>> thanks a lot
>> Roy.
>> www.soundclick.com/tzackeek
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Kaaij" <kaaijmusic at gmail.com>
>> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [RWP] Fw: [midi-mag] Accessibility Campaign
>>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just a short note about Spectrasonics, it's possible to work with their 
>>> plugins. I bought Stylus Rmx, Trilian and Omnisphere and work with them 
>>> everyday. You only have to be a little creative, but that's the case 
>>> with some more plugins that I use. I emailed with jonathan of 
>>> Spectrasonics some months ago and he told me that there are no plans for 
>>> making their plugins accessible with Voiceover at the moment. on windows 
>>> they work well enough to use them on a daily basis anyway...
>>> I also think that people have to realize that the group of blind users 
>>> is relatively small, so I can understand that developers can't always 
>>> focus on accessibility in this case, seen from a commercial point of 
>>> view. So let's not focus on what isn't accessible, but let's focus on 
>>> what IS accessible. It's a lot more than you would probably think, 
>>> especially on Windows.
>>> The Physical Modeling Collection from Applied Acoustics is really 
>>> accessible and their authorization system works very fast, to mention 
>>> one...
>>> Rene
>>> Op 10 mei 2011, om 18:23 heeft Roy Shtupler het volgende geschreven:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> www.soundclick.com/tzackeek
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maik Brodnicki" 
>>>> <maik at brodnicki.biz>
>>>> To: <midimag at midimag.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:01 PM
>>>> Subject: [midi-mag] Accessibility Campaign
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Music and Midi Fans,
>>>>
>>>> I am writing to you from a German sonar list in order to draw your 
>>>> attention to a campaign that you might be interested in.
>>>>
>>>> If you would like to contact us, please sign up at 
>>>> blindsonar at ml4free.de.
>>>>
>>>> Some time ago, we had launched a mailing campaign in which we informed 
>>>> manufacturers of our problem of not being able to use many of the 
>>>> plugins. Unfortunately, the result of the campaign was rather poor.
>>>>
>>>> This was obviously because only one e-mail was sent, making it 
>>>> impossible to ascertain how many people are actually interested in this 
>>>> subject. Thus, we thought of compiling a list of plugins that we are 
>>>> interested in and whose manufacturers we could write to. If everyone 
>>>> were to write a personal e-mail, the manufacturers would see how many 
>>>> there are who would like to have accessible plugins. Spectrasonics, for 
>>>> example, mentioned that they are planning to make Omnisphere accessible 
>>>> in a future update. Now we are looking for others who would like to 
>>>> join us in order to increase the chances of getting accessible plugins. 
>>>> I would greatly appreciate your participation in the campaign. Since 
>>>> the introduction of Voiceover, the high level of awareness to this 
>>>> screenreader and to the term "accessibility" among manufacturers has 
>>>> greatly increased our chances. Further below, you will find a list of 
>>>> manufacturers along with their support e-mail addresses or the forum 
>>>> thread under which you
>>> can contact them.
>>>>
>>>> You will also find a standard text (separated from the other text with 
>>>> an asterisk) that you can send to the support teams as it is.
>>>>
>>>> Please also post other manufacturers with e-mail addresses in your or 
>>>> our blind sonar list and write letters to these, too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps you could also distribute this text in other mailing lists.
>>>>
>>>> And do not forget: the more people participate, the greater the 
>>>> probability that we will soon have a number of barrier-free plugins to 
>>>> work with.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And here is the standard text. It is written in such a way that Mac and 
>>>> Windows users alike can use it.
>>>>
>>>> Of course you can simply use the same text, though it might be better 
>>>> to use a slightly different wording.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>> Dear * Support Team,
>>>>
>>>> I am interested in ** and have a question concerning the plugin. As I 
>>>> am blind, I need to use aids like screenreaders. Efficient solutions 
>>>> are available both for Windows and for Mac. You might have heard of 
>>>> Voiceover, the integrated screenreader of Mac. Have your plugins been 
>>>> programmed as barrier-free? This would be important for me to use them. 
>>>> For the screenreader to be able to read the information, the plugin 
>>>> must contain standard elements in Windows or the cocoa framework in 
>>>> Mac.
>>>>
>>>> Apple has published documentation for manufacturers that shows the 
>>>> requirements that need to be fulfilled to make a program barrier-free.
>>>>
>>>> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/AccessibilityMacOSX/OSXAXIntro/OSXAXintro.html
>>>>
>>>> And here for Windows:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/germany/msdn/aktuell/news/show.mspx?id=msdn_de_43594
>>>>
>>>> If this is not the case, my next question would be whether anything in 
>>>> this line is planned for a future update?
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to you reply.
>>>>
>>>> Yours sincerely, *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here is a list of manufacturers in which we are interested.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the list of manufacturers.
>>>>
>>>> Some of the products that are interesting for us.
>>>>
>>>> 1.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Logic Pro
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: Apple
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: accessibility at apple.com
>>>>
>>>> Please dont send the documentation to Apple.
>>>>
>>>> 2.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Omnisphere
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: Spectrasonics
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: info at spectrasonics.net
>>>>
>>>> Be sure to write to this company - an update is as good as promised!
>>>>
>>>> 3.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Motu BPM (groove plugin with huge library)
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: Motu
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: sales at motu.com
>>>>
>>>> The page mentioned something about accessibility. However, I have not 
>>>> been able to find out what that means.
>>>>
>>>> 4.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Blue, Predator, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: Rob Papen
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: info at robpapen.com
>>>>
>>>> A genuine synthesizer genius
>>>>
>>>> 5.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Nexus, Quadrasid
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: REFX www.refx.com
>>>>
>>>> Registration is necessary in order to get a ticket. However, the 
>>>> registration is very fast. By the way: Quadrasid emulates a C64 and 
>>>> sounds superb.
>>>>
>>>> 6.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Bidule, Chipsounds
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: Plogue www.plogue.com
>>>>
>>>> Bidule is a modular DAW, and Chipsounds is a chip emulator that 
>>>> emulates the sounds of the old Nintendo, Amiga, and Atari.
>>>>
>>>> The manufacturer told us that they would look into the matter if they 
>>>> received a sufficient number of requests.
>>>>
>>>> The accessibility thread can be found here:
>>>>
>>>> http://plogue.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5637
>>>> As I said, if you post your favorite VSTs, I will write to their 
>>>> support teams, too.
>>>>
>>>> Two or three sentences would be sufficient.
>>>>
>>>> 7.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Valhallaroom
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: Valhalla DSP
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: sean at valhalladsp.com
>>>>
>>>> A hall plugin programming genius
>>>>
>>>> 8.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Kontakt, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: Native Instruments
>>>>
>>>> Link to the contact form:
>>>>
>>>> http://co.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=infosuppform
>>>>
>>>> 9.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Vienna Libraries
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: VSL
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: support at vsl.co.at
>>>>
>>>> Arguably the best manufacturer for orchestra instruments.
>>>>
>>>> 10.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Independence
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: Yellow Tools
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: support at yellowtools.com
>>>>
>>>> 11.
>>>>
>>>> Product: Wavelab 7, Halion, and Cubase
>>>>
>>>> Manufacturer: Steinberg
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: info at steinberg.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maik
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>> renekaaij at kaaijmusic.com
>>>
>>>
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