Re: Help With Sounds
- From: Chris Hofstader <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 07:31:05 -0400
I thought Goldwave was only $40 or so, did its price go way up?
Also, I've always argued against "ghetto" applications as they can rarely keep
up with the state-of-the-art. I don't object to them, however, when they are
"special purpose" like the APH recorder-and the user doesn't need the latest
and greatest plug-ins and other cool stuff one can get on other audio programs,
its a great deal for the money.
Too often, we look at the price of a program made specifically for people with
vision impairment and get outraged. Now, let's put a value on our time. For
purposes of illustration, I'll use myself as an example - my largest consulting
contract pays me $80 per hour. If the APH program saves me just 3 hours over
its lifetime, I'm ahead by forty bucks plus the cost of the mainstream app.
"Hey Einstein, Time is money and it's money I serve..."
cdh
On Sep 8, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Ken Perry wrote:
> I like to argue this. If you actually get good software written for the
> blind it's much better than software adapted for the blind. Unfortunately
> that means its more expensive but then look at gold wave, dreamweaver,
> Adobie, and the list could go on I will not even list Microsoft because we
> all know they are um well interesting when it comes to pricing their
> software have you tried buying Outlook? Don't give me that use thunderbird
> crap I have to actually get my appointments sometime this week. Some times
> its better just to buck up and pay for software that is easy to use so
>
> you don't have to spend time and money fighting with it to make it work the
> way it should have when you got it. Hell I am even working on an extension
> for Safari to try to make that piece of shit work better.
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sina Bahram
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:11 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Help With Sounds
>
> Let me be less kind, haha. Anything written in the blindness market.
>
> Other industries do actually know how to write software.
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:59 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Help With Sounds
>
> When did Sina become a lousy communist?
> On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Sina Bahram wrote:
>
>> There is also Reaper, and some other programs as well.
>>
>> $200 for anything other than an entire operating system is not only
> ludicrous, but down right despicable.
>>
>> I'd laugh, but I'm too busy being sick to my stomach at such an insane
> price for anything.
>>
>> Take care,
>> Sina
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Perry
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:27 PM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: Help With Sounds
>>
>>
>>
>> Sound recorder (SR) by APH is my tool of choice. It is $200 but it is
>> the most accessible and coolest sound tool made for blind folks. If you
> don't have a volunteer yet let me know and I can see what
> I can wack out.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>>
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of QuentinC
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:04 AM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Help With Sounds
>>
>>
>>
>> You could use programs such as audacity to make that. It's not very
> difficult but take some time.
>>
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