[macvoiceover] regarding garage band
- From: "Ginny" <ginnyo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:29:00 -0500
Well, I've been one of those folks who has spent lots of time in one-to-one
training at the Apple store and then coming home to try to make some sense
of what we as visually impaired users can actually accomplish with garage
band. Here are a few of the problems I've uncovered. Please let me know if
there are work-arounds for these problems, because if there are, then we
should definitely put our heads together and come up with a guide for VO
users.
1. The track listing is not accessible. I can record a track, and then
I can record a new track, but I can't then go and select one of those tracks
and edit it because I can't access a track list.
2. The list of provided instruments isn't labeled. I think it would be
possible to memorize where each instrument list is, but then when you click
on the main instrument, you have to select categories within that instrument
which are also not accessible. Once you can actually get to a list of
instruments-say, jazz bass, you can read through the various names of the
jazz bass sound options. However, getting to that point is incredibly
challenging.
3. I can't figure out a way to drag and drop the provided instruments
or loops into a track.I can only listen to their samples.
4. There doesn't seem to be a way to edit individual tracks.
I'd love to know if you guys have found work-arounds for these issues,
because if garage band's not quite accessible, I'm going to have to resort
to Cakewalk. <sad sigh>
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