synthaccess

syn?a3ess

A repository for research around synthesizer (and other audio technology) accessibility.

ABILITY Project / Integrated Design & Media
NYU

Featuring the work of:

• Ciarra Black
• Jason Dasent
• R. Luke DuBois, Faculty Lead, MIDI Speech Synth
• Stefanie Koseff, Faculty Lead, Tactile Synth Guides
• Tommy Martinez
• Madeline Mau
• Willie Payne
• Lauren Race
• Izabella Rodrigues
• Jason Wallach
• Moira Zhang

Projects:

• MIDItoSpeech : a speech synthesizer to vocalize parameters from a music technology device (synthesizer, effects processor, etc.) that transmits its state via MIDI.
• tactileSynthGuides : a design guide and library of swell-form printable tactile guides for synthesizers.
• brailleOverlays : guidelines for adding braille labels and overlays to physical synthesizers.
• tactileModular : a set of design resources for tactile affordances for modular synthesizers.

A note to screen reader users: some of the pages in this site use Grade 2 braille examples. These examples will be encoded in a way that may prevent a screen reader from reading them correctly. For example, the Grade 2 braille equivalent of synthaccess - this project’s name - is syn?a3ess. In each case, a regular transliteration will be provided as well.