Hi Bill!!
I think it's a good idea too. Already signed it myself.
Regards, Phil Muir P J Muir Productions Music and audio production URL: www.philmuir.com/
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I think Tim has a good idea here. He's a long-time customer and I'm glad to see him starting up to work as a full-time advocate for access for blind musicians. A number of the companies we represent are either based in the UK or have a strong distribution network there. The more natives they hear from, the better (smile)!
Bill
-----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phil Muir Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 1:48 PM To: Dancing Dots E-mail List Subject: [ddots-l] Accessibility petition
Hi all!!
This was posted by a friend of mine over on the MIDIMag list. He has
started an accessibility petition. I know that Bill McCann has already signed it. Would be good if
as many of us who want to see more accessibility in our music technology products, signed it too.
Hi all,
Some of you may know that I work for Blazie in the U.K.. A few others may also know that I'm quitting at the end of August to start my own business aimed at informing manufacturers, educationalists, etc. of the need to improve access to music and music technology. I've been trying to do this for a number of years now in my spare time, but it's just not possible without being able to devote my full attention to it (and being callable on the phone 9 to 5).
I've got a number of ideas to help push things forward and I'll inform the list as things firm up but I thought of one idea that I could implement immediately. In response to the recent thread on the crucial need for statistics of affected people in our area of interest, I've generated the following form page:
http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm
I'll be using any information generated by this form to convince manufacturers, suppliers and any other group we need to apply pressure to, so please read the page and submit your details if you feel you're able to. I'm working on a method to report the number of entries submitted in an accessible form, and I'll add this functionality to the page as soon as I solve the problem, but I thought it was more important to start generating numbers quickly.
Please fill in the form and tell all of your friends, colleagues and teachers about it - this information will only be useful if we get significant totals. This is a simple way that you can all make a difference and actively create some pressure for change.
Best wishes.
Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd. http://www.raisedbar.net
Regards, Phil Muir P J Muir Productions Music and audio production URL: www.philmuir.com/
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