On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Kevin Goroway wrote:
> I was thinking of the exact same thing, but before I suggested it I
> wanted it find out if Claude had a Mark IV Disklavier...I asked him
> off of the forum, and unfortunately, his response was:
>
> "I own a DU1A since december 2004..."
>
> I think that is an upright for which the Mark IV wasn't available.
> Am I correct?
>
> Otherwise, I really thought that DKVBrowser could be the answer. :-(
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark Fontana <mfontana@...>
> To: Yamaha Disklavier Mailing list <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2008 4:19:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [disklavier] Disklavier and blinds
>
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> 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