Jon Pretty

Developers of music recording / production software and products are the worse you can get regarding accessibility. I’m sorry, but all the workarounds and such are a big barrier even for one’s creativity, at least when stuff is some way accessible. The norm is it isn’t. #a11y.

Do you think someone could provide a programmatic interface? I could imagine some sort of "REPL" (P = Play) which would allow you to try things out, but aIso commit them... N.B. I know nothing about music production software. ;)

Weird thing is that there are lots of successful / known blind musicians, it’s kinda annoying this sort of products fall in the bad / nonexistent accessibility category.

It seems like software centered primarily around one sense shouldn't make another sense mandatory in order to use it. Seems like a missed opportunity when many blind people have better than average hearing. (I assume that claim isn't just an urban myth...)

I think that is in part true, since blind people really need to train and use their hearing effectively. And Music comes naturally from that, at least for some.