Victor Tsaran
Welcome to the GT-8 Accessibility Project
(Please think about all the disclaimers that you can possibly can think of--yes, they go here!)
You know, how cool and nice-looking the "toys" get nowadays! Sure, but this statement is true only if you can see them!
The intent of this project is very humble--provide accessibility to the Boss' great GT-8 multieffect guitar processor. Don't know what GT-8 is? Visit www.rolandus.com and put GT-8 into the search box, it'll come alive right in front of your eyes!
In order to use GT-8 without having to look at the LCD screen, we need several things:
- The Boss GT-8 unit itself, www.rolandus.com.
- The wonderful freeware GT-8 PC-based (yes, I mean Windows) editor program, courtesy of Rob Redding from the UK.
- JAWS screen reader from Freedom Scientific.
- My very useful scripts for JAWS that take advantage of Rob Redding's accessibility hooks.
- Rob's very own description of GT-8 Editor's screen (will soon be translated into human-readable form :)).
How to get going?
- Connect your GT-8 unit to your PC sound card with two MIDI cables.
- Install JAWS and the scripts.
- Download the GT-8 Editor software.
- Run gt8_editor.exe, choose MIDI in and MIDI out devices, hit CTRL+ALT+A to turn on accessibility hooks and finally, activate the "Editor Window" button.
- Use INSERT+H to find out about all the JAWS hotkeys that you can use with GT-8 editor.
- Enjoy!
If you have any questions, please use my contact form.