[MusicTlk] Decent accessible editter for podcasting

Tue Jun 24 00:18:27 UTC 2025

On iOs / iPadOS I recommend either Hokusai 2 or Ferrite. Check them out and decide which is best for your needs.
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> On 24 Jun 2025, at 00:35, Cole Roberts via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello
> Does anyone use Garage Band and find it accessible or friendly to independently navigate for the blind, especially for editting audio files. Garage Band doesn't seem very accessible, but I don't have much experience with it. I am a apple user Ipad and Iphone. I am trying to find the best option for editting audio files for a podcast I am creating. I am recording using Voice Memos. I want to delete the end of the audio that has voiceover talking as I end the recording and maybe add intro and outro music, but want the most accessible option or app. Thank you.
> Cole Roberts
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>> On Jun 22, 2025, at 12:22 PM, Alexandru Cozaciuc via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tracy,
>> 
>> After you tap on “Tuner”, you should be able to find a button called “Tuning fork” which, once activated, will generate a tone you can change afterwards if needed. However, this seems similar to your physical tuner, which I’m afraid is not what you’re looking for…
>> 
>> On another note, in your first message, if I’m not wrong, you mentioned that you’ve got braille music scores for tin whistle/harp. I am a tin whistle player myself, and I’d be really delighted to get some. Would you like to send the BRF files to my e-mail, alexandrucozaciuc at gmail.com, please?
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Alex
>> 
>>>> On 18.06.2025 14:55, carcione--- via MusicTlk wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Alex and all.
>>> Your Android app sounds like what I want, but I don't have an Android.
>>> I tried the Soundcorset app yesterday.  I have the unpaid version.  I chose Tuner, allowed it to use the mic, played a note, and nothing happened.  Is there more to it?
>>> I have a little tuner I bought years ago that plays a note to tune to, but I'm not very good at matching it, especially with certain notes.
>>> The Reaper software you mention sounds pretty complicated.
>>> Still hoping for a better solution than Talking Tuner.
>>> Tracy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: MusicTlk <musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Alexandru Cozaciuc via MusicTlk
>>> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2025 9:08 AM
>>> To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Alexandru Cozaciuc <alexandrucozaciuc at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] Decent accessible tuner for harp
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> If you happen to have an Android as well, there is an app called gStrings. You choose either a string or a note, and you should hear auditory cues depending on whether the note is too flat or too sharp; when it is in tune, the app will play two tones of the same pitch.
>>> 
>>> On the iPhone side, I heard people talking about Soundcorset tuner & metronome, as well as Tuning Fork Pro. From what I’ve experienced so far (I admit I haven’t put so much time into these two apps), the most you can do is choose a note the app will play continuously, then try to tune the string according to the reference tone.
>>> 
>>> Last but not least, if you’re using a DAW like REAPER, you may wish to give a try to the GTune plug-in. You instantiate it on the input FX chain (last item in the context menu in REAPER), focus the plug-in’s UI (REAPER, again, that’s done by pressing F6), and your screen reader will basically tell you whether the note is in tune or how sharp or flat it is. See the download link below.
>>> 
>>> https://gvst.uk/Downloads/GTune/Select
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> 
>>> Alex
>>> 
>>> P.S. I am a tin whistle player myself, and I’d love to get musical scores. If I understand correctly, you have BRF files. Would you like to send some to me, too, at alexandrucozaciuc at gmail.com?
>>> 
>>>> On 13.06.2025 17:33, carcione--- via MusicTlk wrote:
>>>> Hi.  I've just joined this list.  I live in New Jersey, and I play the
>>>> Irish harp, which is smaller than the big orchestral pedal harp.
>>>> 
>>>> I'd really like a decent accessible tuner to help me tune my harp.
>>>> I'm using the Talking Tuner app on my phone, but it's not so great.
>>>> There are notes it doesn't hear at all, and others where it says 3
>>>> different things before I even make an adjustment.
>>>> 
>>>> Can anyone recommend something?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> My sighted friends have electronic tuners and do the job bing bam
>>>> boom.  Not me.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On a whole other topic, I have quite a bit of braille music for Celtic
>>>> harp, and some for tin whistle.  I'm willing to share files with
>>>> interested people.
>>>> 
>>>> Tracy
>>>> 
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