[Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone

Fri Sep 8 07:20:42 UTC 2017

Well, I can certainly relate to your disappointment. That happens a lot.

On 9/8/17, Brett Boyer via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi. Sorry it took a while to write back. I also am sorry if I came off
> ungrateful. I always appreciate the comments and feedback here. I guess I
> was more surprised at how long ago the last episode of Screenless Switchers
> was produced. I was not familiar with this particular cast and maybe I was
> excited to check out something new only to have the most recent episode in
> 2012,
> And, I did not find anything on GB anyway over there.
> I have found several YouTube videos that are good basic demos. I guess I
> was
> just disappointed and I apologize if I came off that way.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Danielle Ledet via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, September 2, 2017 12:16 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Danielle Ledet <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone
>
> Well if you think that old content has no value you are wrong. It's worth a
> look and you might be missing out on something even if you feel you know it
> all already. People were just attempting to help.
> Take it or leave it! It's always your choice. May be you should take your
> own advice and just Google it rather than asking us. Easeon down the
> Web!!!!!
>
> On 9/1/17, Brett Boyer via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> Ao I hcw ro smir I've never heard of screenless switchers. So I
>> googled it and found a podcast called "Screenless Switchers" the most
>> recent one was from 2012. Either I have the wrong thing or you guys
>> are talking about some pretty old material. I would hate to think
>> garage band hasn't had any updates or accessability changes for 5 years.
> Then again...
>> Ok, so again I still haven't found much. I will try the
>> icanworkthisthing and let you know. Btw, I did purchase a bluetooth
>> keyboard "qwertykeyboard that is" and I think it will help when
>> selecting and finding loops and tracks. Not sure though since i haven't
> used it much.
>> Ok, thank.
>> Bb
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Aug 31, 2017, at 7:27 PM, Danielle Ledet via Electronics-Talk
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey cool I forgot about Screenless Switchers.
>>>
>>> On 8/22/17, Brett Boyer via Electronics-Talk
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Actually I have done some research and no applevis does not have a
>>>> lot on the iphone version of garage band. Googling it and looking
>>>> through several pages. There are a few things on youtube so you
>>>> might want to try there as well.
>>>> Hth
>>>> bb
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 2:55 AM
>>>> To: Danielle Ledet via Electronics-Talk
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone
>>>>
>>>> screenless switchers podcast may have some help as well as
>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com/ don't try using lynx to connect or
>>>> you get an error 406 but the links browser works real well and
>>>> safari for sure works.  That was one of the sites I used after
>>>> articles appeared in the braille forum and braille monitor
>>>> complaining that ios 10.4 tiger was inaccessible and both articles
>>>> turned out to be seriously wrong.  I found how to configure my mac
>>>> mini to optimize accessibility and prevented Apple from getting sued
>>>> a couple times.
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 22 Aug 2017, Danielle Ledet via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 02:48:48
>>>>> From: Danielle Ledet via Electronics-Talk
>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>>>>    <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Cc: Danielle Ledet <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> Try Blind Abilities! They have lots of iPhone stuff and some GB but
>>>>> don't recall if it was for the phone or Mac. I'm sure AppleVis can
>>>>> help as well. Both on the Net and both have apps, but, doesn't
>>>>> everything nowadays?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/22/17, Doug Payne via Electronics-Talk
>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks Brett and Jude. You are right--it is a process of
>>>>>> exploration and discovery. I'll continue playing around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --Doug
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Electronics-Talk
>>>>>> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>> On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 8:05 AM
>>>>>> To: Brett Boyer via Electronics-Talk
>>>>>> Cc: Jude DaShiell
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Using Garage Band on the IPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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'
>>>>>>>    <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> 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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