[Nfbc-sj] User Testing for Musical Screen Reader

[Adrian Rodriguez]

Hi guys, 

@Tim, thank you for your feedback! I’d love to hear more of your thoughts on why building a new screen reader may be unwise. 

I actually presented at LightHouse labs a few months ago, but I didn’t have a prototype to show them yet. I totally agree that getting the Lab’s feedback will be critical. 

One clarification: 
our goal is to ultimately build a universally-accessible interface that can run on any device using the same control scheme. 

However, we must absolutely consider the needs of users entrenched in existing solutions. Perhaps the best solution is to create the new platform (we’re pretty far along :)) AND offer an NVDA extension.  

Best, 

Adrian

> On Jun 18, 2019, at 2:44 PM, Timothy Elder <telder at trelegal.com> wrote:
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> It is a good idea.  Perhaps you would do well to make it an add-on to NVDA.  Building a new screen reader from scratch seems unwise at the current time.  You should also connect with Erin to get some feedback from the local blind tech community.  
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 12:15 PM
> To: NFB San Jose/Silicon Valley Chapter <nfbc-sj at nfbcal.org>
> Subject: [Nfbc-sj] User Testing for Musical Screen Reader
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> Hi everyone, 
> 
> I’m Adrian, a new member of NFB San Jose and former NFB Illinois Scholar. 
> 
> We’re a team of graduates from Stanford's Computer Science department, Human-Computer Interaction department, and Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. We’ve been working on a musical screen reader that uses melody, for example, to relate the number of items in a menu. Our goal is to create an audio interface that’s as beautiful as modern graphical interfaces. 
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> We need your feedback! 
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> If anyone has a spare 15 - 30 minutes, we would really appreciate your input on what we have so far. 
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Adrian
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