It would be useful to have the US Microsoft addresses for windows. The German ones won't be useful when a US person is writing an e-mail for your campaign. Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Juergen Deines <dj-home@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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@xxxxxxxxxxx > 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@xxxxxxxxx > Please dont send the documentation to Apple. > 2. > Product: Omnisphere > Manufacturer: Spectrasonics > E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Be sure to write to this company - an update is as good as promised! > 3. > Product: Motu BPM (groove plugin with huge library), etc. > Manufacturer: Motu > E-mail: sales@xxxxxxxx > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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@xxxxxxxxx > Arguably the best manufacturer for orchestra instruments. > 10. > Product: Independence > Manufacturer: Yellow Tools > E-mail: support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 11. > Product: Wavelab 7, Halion, and Cubase > Manufacturer: Steinberg > E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Yours sincerely, > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately > following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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