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They wrote:
RW>Greetings, everyone,
RW>I was given the following address for NFB research and development
RW>list, I believe.  What I'm trying to accomplish here is to get a
RW>dialog started on access to a professional quality mastering system
RW>which is currently not accessible by us.  WE have the system in our
RW>recording studio at the national center, so we'd be in a perfect
RW>position to work on this.  I'll include complete text of the
RW>message I sent, which was bounced, as my isp couldn't find the
RW>address.  If the address is incorrect, please forward this to the
RW>correct place, or pass along the info to me.
RW>Thanks
RW>attention Richard Ring, Craig Gildner, Curtis Chong and other who
RW>may be interested:
RW>Greetings, everyone,
RW>I have been in communication with Harold Sneider on an archiving
RW>project he is working on, and understand from discussions with him
RW>that the digital audio editing package we use at the national center
RW>is not accessible by blind folks.  As it's one of the popular apps
RW>for the audio mastering suite, I'd like to see this remedied.
RW>The other popular apps for audio mastering are mac based, and all
RW>are also inaccessible.  As I plan to build a high quality mastering
RW>facility within a couple of years, I'd like to find something which
RW>I can use to provide this service to clients.  The lack of such
RW>access has already cost me good employment opportunities in my
RW>chosen field. Other considerations, such as monitoring speakers and
RW>associated hardware are all known quantities, but I've yet to find
RW>accessible quality digital audio mastering tools.  Such software
RW>packages as Sound Forge and Cooledit are only operable at 16 bit
RW>resolution, whereas a quality mastering facility needs to work at
RW>20 or 24 bits. These other packages I mention are fine for basic
RW>editing on a semi-pro level, but are not what you find at quality
RW>mastering facilities.
RW>AS we have the product at our recording studio located at the
RW>national center, we're in a good position to help find means of
RW>access to this package.
RW>As I'm not presently on the R&D listserv, please carbon me with any
RW>further discussion on this topic, or supply me with proper
RW>information to subscribe to the list so I can follow future
RW>discussions. Regards,
RW>Richard Webb
RW>Electric Spider Productions
RW>Audio recording
RW>Po. Box 614
RW>West Burlington, Ia.  52655
RW>(319) 758-0427
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assistant: From: David Andrews <dandrews@visi.com>
Subject: Re: need correct email address
On 1997-10-27 NFB-Talk@NFBnet.org said:
Richard,
The list address is nfb-rd@lothlorien.nfbcal.org.  I think it can now take
automatic subscriptions, but could be wrong.  Try
listserv@lothlorien.nfbcal.org.
The list owner is Brian Buhrow who you can reach at
buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org.
David Andrews
David Andrews (dandrews@visi.com)
or BBS: (telnet to nfbnet.org) or call (612) 696-1975
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