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<P>Dear Reaaccess Community,</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>If you would like to contact us, please sign up at blindsonar@ml4free.de.</P>
<P>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. </P>
<P>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.
</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>Please also post other manufacturers with e-mail addresses in your or our
blind sonar list and write letters to these, too.</P><FONT face=Calibri
size=3><FONT face=Calibri size=3>
<P></P></FONT></FONT>
<P>Perhaps you could also distribute this text in other mailing lists.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P>
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<P>And here is the standard text. It is written in such a way that Mac and
Windows users alike can use it.</P>
<P>Of course you can simply use the same text, though it might be better to use
a slightly different wording.</P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P>
<P>*</P>
<P>Dear * Support Team,</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>Apple has published documentation for manufacturers that shows the
requirements that need to be fulfilled to make a program
barrier-free.</P></DIR></DIR>
<P></SPAN><A
href="http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////ldocumentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/AccessibilityMacOSX/OSXAXIntro/OSXAXintro.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN
lang=EN>http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/AccessibilityMacOSX/OSXAXIntro/OSXAXintro.html</U></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=EN> </P>
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<P>And here for Windows:</P></DIR></DIR></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=DE>
<P>http://www.microsoft.com/germany/msdn/aktuell/news/show.mspx?id=msdn_de_43594</P>
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<DIR></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN>
<P>If this is not the case, my next question would be whether anything in this
line is planned for a future update?</P>
<P>Looking forward to you reply.</P>
<P>Yours sincerely, *</P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P>
<P>Here is a list of manufacturers in which we are
interested.</P></DIR></DIR><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Here is the list of manufacturers.</P>
<P>Some of the products that are interesting for us. </P>
<P>1.</P>
<P>Product: Logic Pro</P>
<P>Manufacturer: Apple</P>
<P>E-mail: accessibility@apple.com</P>
<P>Please dont send the documentation to Apple.</P>
<P>2.</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Product: Omnisphere</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
<P>Manufacturer: Spectrasonics</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
<P>E-mail: info@spectrasonics.net</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial
size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Be sure to write to this company - an update is as good as promised!</P>
<P>3.</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Product: Motu BPM (groove plugin with huge library)</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT
face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Manufacturer: Motu</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial
size=2>
<P>E-mail: </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:sales@motu.com"><U><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
lang=EN>sales@motu.com</U></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN>
</P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>The page mentioned something about accessibility. However, I have not been
able to find out what that means. </P>
<P>4.</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Product: Blue, Predator, etc.</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
<P>Manufacturer: Rob Papen</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
<P>E-mail: </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:info@robpapen.com"><U><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
lang=EN>info@robpapen.com</U></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN>
</P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>A genuine synthesizer genius</P>
<P>5.</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Product: Nexus, Quadrasid</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
<P>Manufacturer: REFX </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A
href="http://www.refx.com/"><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
lang=EN>www.refx.com</U></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN> </P><FONT
face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>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. </P>
<P>6.</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Product: Bidule, Chipsounds</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
<P>Manufacturer: Plogue </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A
href="http://www.plogue.com/"><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
lang=EN>www.plogue.com</U></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN>
</P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Bidule is a modular DAW, and Chipsounds is a chip emulator that emulates the
sounds of the old Nintendo, Amiga, and Atari.</P>
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<DIR>
<P>The manufacturer told us that they would look into the matter if they
received a sufficient number of requests.</P></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2>
<P>The accessibility thread can be found here:</P>
<P>http://plogue.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5637<BR>As I said, if you
post your favorite VSTs, I will write to their support teams, too.</P>
<P>Two or three sentences would be sufficient.</P></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>7.</P>
<P>Product: Valhallaroom</P>
<P>Manufacturer: Valhalla DSP</P></DIR></DIR>
<P>E-mail: </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:sean@valhalladsp.com"><U><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
lang=EN>sean@valhalladsp.com</U></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></P><FONT
face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>
<P>A hall plugin programming genius</P>
<P>8.</P>
<P>Product: Kontakt, etc.</P>
<P>Manufacturer: Native Instruments</P>
<P>Link to the contact form:</P>
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<DIR></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2>
<P>http://co.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=infosuppform</P>
<P>9.</P>
<P>Product: Vienna Libraries</P>
<P>Manufacturer: VSL</P>
<P>E-mail: support@vsl.co.at</P>
<P>Arguably the best manufacturer for orchestra instruments.</P>
<P>10.</P>
<P>Product: Independence</P>
<P>Manufacturer: Yellow Tools</P>
<P>E-mail: support@yellowtools.com</P>
<P>11.</P></DIR></DIR></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Product: Wavelab 7, Halion, and Cubase</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial
size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P>Manufacturer: Steinberg</FONT></FONT> </P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
<P>E-mail: </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:info@steinberg.net"><B><U><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
lang=EN>info@steinberg.net</B></U></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN>
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<P><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<P>Yours sincerely,</P>
<P><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT
face=Arial>Maik</FONT></P></DIR></DIR></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>