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A woman I know who is blind is looking for ways to record.



(quote) There is a screenreader program for the sight-impaired called, "JAWS". (quote)

Thanks, Mac, for pointing this person in my direction.

Although I did reply to the posted PM, I'll copy a bit of my reply here for others who might search the public forum at some later date.

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I (and lots of other blind musicians) use Cakewalk's Sonar to do audio recording and editing. Using the screen reader JAWS for Windows, Sonar has been made quite accessible for the blind with the JAWS scripts that have been developed over the years for Sonar in conjunction with the developers at Cakewalk.

Here are a list of references which you might find helpful:

1. midimag@midimag.org is a mailing list for audio musicians who are blind. I have found this DL quite useful in terms of getting suggestions, etc. from other blind musicians. You might want to subscribe to this mailing list.

2. www.jsonar.org - This is a web site where you can download (free) JAWS scripts for use with any version of Sonar to make Sonar more accessible.

3. www.freedomscientific.com - Freedom Scientific is the company which distributes JAWS for Windows. This is a program which runs on Windows and makes the PC accessible via synthesized speech and/or braille. You can also download a free 40-minute timed demo.

--Pete