[Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone

[Jude DaShiell]

Once bugs get located, accessibility at apple.com would like to know about 
them but please also let them know you're using voiceover with garage 
band since that turns this into an accessibility problem they can either 
send an answer to you for or file an official bug that may be fixed in a 
future garage band version.

On Sun, 20 Aug 2017, Brett Boyer via Electronics-Talk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 02:08:51
> From: Brett Boyer via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
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> Cc: Brett Boyer <bboyer202 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone
> 
> Hey! Well I have a 6s and I don't know how different the versions are. I
> doubt they would be different though.
> For instruments, if you do a 3 finger swipe the pages will change and the
> instruments should speak. I think there are 10 pages.
> The sample and piano and keyboard, drums, audio input, plugged-in guitar,
> strings, bass, guitar, world...
> As far as the spreadsheet type thing for the loops I haven't figured that
> out yet either. There doesn't seem to be a way to hear the column and row
> without executing it at the same time. Plus there are switeches at the top
> of the columns to sustain or cut-off.
> I have a feeling that if I had a computer keyboard it might be easier to
> maneuver around.
> Because Garage Band on the mac is so accessible I'm sure there are keyboard
> shortcuts that would help accomplish tasks instead of trying to use
> gestures.
> I also know that the play area and the controls area is hard for VoiceOver
> to keep up with.
> Again I have just been playing around and exploring too.
> Maybe we can compare some notes.
> I haven't seen a lot of podcasts or video demos of blind people using garage
> band with the phone, plenty of them for the mac itself.
> Don't know how much help I am but it's a learning process I guess.
> bb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Doug Payne via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 8:40 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Doug Payne <doug_Payne at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone
>
> HI Brett,
>
> Thanks for the encouragement. Do you know which version of Garage Band you
> are running? I'm using whichever version was installed on the IPhone 7. I
> find that many of the UI elements are silent as I nnavigate over them, so I
> have no idea what I am touching. Also, the spreadsheet-like UI on the Live
> loops tab doesn't make much sense to me. A sighted friend showed me the page
> where one can select an instrument to play live, but the instrumenty names
> don't speak as I move over them.
>
> Thanks again,
> --Doug
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Brett Boyer via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 12:01 AM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
> Cc: Brett Boyer
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone
>
> Hi. I have just rediscovered Garage Band. I've been playing around with it
> for a few weeks.
> There are quite a few things you can do with just the IPhone and voice over.
> Create new projects, Play keyboards, guitar, strings, bass, drums, and all
> the instrumets live. Record and playback. Create song sections and how long
> they are. Use built-in loops.
> So, there are quite a few things you can do. Finite editing, I'm not too
> sure about. Although I was able to import a sample from an mp3 I created,
> play it like a keyboard, and trim the sample so it fit the beat.
>
>
>
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