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Re: [disklavier] Disklavier and blinds

2008-09-04 by Mark Fontana

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Claude Renaud wrote:

> First I would like to know if on the two Disklavier dedicated mailing
> lists there are blinds as me and if yes, how they work with their
> instrument... As everything is displayed on a screen which is
> unaccessible for us, I would like to know if some of them have found
> tips and tricks to work with their piano quite satisfactorily...

How about using Kevin's DKVBrowser coupled with screen reading
software...?

If the result with generic screen reading software literally sounds
awkward, maybe it would be possible to add a speech assistance mode to
DKVBrowser that would more intelligently decide what text to read
(including text-to-speech of the song titles).  It looks like there is a
generic Java speech API, so cross-platform compatibility could be
maintained.

Mark Fontana

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