[ddots-l] Re: ot. help
- From: Kevin Gibbs <kevjazz@xxxxxx>
- To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 08:39:17 +0900
Well said.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 16, 2011, at 7:43 AM, Gordon Kent <dbmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, since you're from Germany, maybe you can get some direct contact with
> Native INstruments. THe Kontak player is a major drawback for us, as many of
> the best sample libraries are only available in that format and it is
> virtually invisible to all screen readers at this time. Native Instruments
> has shown no interest in cooperating with us in this regard.
> Gord
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Juergen Deines
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 5:01 AM
> To: Ddots freelist
> Subject: [ddots-l] ot. help
>
> 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,
>
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