Hi John,
I am an ex music student who now works for Dolphin Computer
Access. I tried a year ago to use several different screen readers with
Sibelius, Cuebase and Cakewalk... With little success. Most music
programs of this nature are very graphical and use buttons and images
rather than tangible characters. This means that screnreaders do not
generally respond as you would wish them to to the program. For
instance: If you have hoping to add a note onto a stave you would
ideally wish that note to be recognized as a middle C and for the screen
reader to announce "crotchet, middle C". Unfortunately, it is more
likely to say "Image" at best. It is possible to map or script these
programs to a certain extent but this is a mammoth task and the software
will probably still be very reduced in functionality.
I can suggest that you contact James Boden at Dolphin Computer Access
who has developed some fully accessible music programming software and
who might be better placed to advise you. If you would like to email me
off list I can ensure that your questions are forwarded to him swiftly!
Hope that this helps?
Kind Regards
Cate Knight
Dolphin Computer Access Ltd
Technology House
Blackpole Trading Estate West
Worcester
WR3 8TJ
0044 (0)1905 754577 Ext 235
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www.yourdolphin.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Hodgson
Sent: 01 June 2007 11:05
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Subject: Cubase
Hi All,
I wonder if anyone can offer some advice on the accessibility of Cubase.
We have a student starting here in September who will be expected to use
the music sequencing program as part of their music degree course and
I'm interested if anyone out there uses it with a screen reader. I'm
familiar with Cubase and Nuendo so will be really interested in testing
it out with various screenreaders but would love to hear from someone
with direct experience.
Kind regards
John
John Hodgson
Senior Technician (Disabilities)
Specialised Learning Resource Unit (SLRU) The Library University of
Central Lancashire Preston, Lancashire.
PR1 2HE
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