Any other blind NS users?

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Any other blind NS users?

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Hi.

I got a Nord Stage EX a while ago, and while browsing the web today I stumbled across this forum.
I'm wondering if there are any other blind people using nord stage? If so, do you have any tips for a relative newbie?
I'm very happy with it, but if you've accumulated any awesome accessibility strategies in general, I'd love to hear them.

Best regards, Malthe.
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Re: Any other blind NS users?

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Malthe, I have a friend who is a blind Electro user - would that be of any help?
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Re: Any other blind NS users?

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The great Swedish keyboardplayer Mats Öberg (who happens to be blind) is a Nord Stage user.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats_%C3%96berg
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Hey guys.

Thanks for the replies :)
Hapbard:
That would be great! I think electro supports sound manager, and I'm curious how he is handling certain aspects of that app.

janka:
Awesome! I'm gonna have to check him out and listen to him after this lesson ends ;) I wasn't aware of him.

Malthe
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Re: Any other blind NS users?

Post by Johannes »

Hi Malthe, and welcome to the forum!

Mats Öberg is indeed a great player to check out!

On a sidenote, while I tried the accessibility of this forum to make as easy as possible, I am not an expert and if you have any suggestions please let me know!

Cheers, Johannes
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Hi Johannes.

Thanks a lot!

That he is, I just listen to a couple of things done by him on youtube.

I find the accessibility excellent - I really liked your alternative captcha on user registration :).
I haven't checked out the flash player for the patch samples in mp3 yet, but I think you can download them as attachments anyway, so that's perfect if my screenreader decides not to work with the flash ;).

Cheers, Malthe.
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Thanks for the info! I see that the flash player could be difficult - Flash is a strange thingie.
I will have to check if it works as a standard MP3 download sample as well. For now, I think if a mp3 file is converted into the flash player, the download link disappears. But it works on tapatalk for instance (for mobiles). If you cannot play/download the mp3 file, I could add a real download link to each player.
EDIT: Just checked that the MP3 download link should be there if flash fails, so it should work.

Hehe, the captcha works excellent so far. I would like to kick it up a notch, but so far it still keeps spam out. Glad you liked it ;-)
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Malthe, I'll write my friend right now! :-)
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Johannes:
Yeah, flash is sometimes strange with assistive technology, this is the case with this player. It's no problem though, since the attachments list is perfectly readable :-)
Btw I really appreciate a forum like this, it's awesome to be able to share patches, tips etc :-)

Hapbard:
Many thanks! Awesome :-)
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