You know I don’t even think the consumer issue is as deep as you say. I don’t think most people care not because of anything other than most are totally unaware of what’s going on around them and sort of fall to the lowest common denominator. For example, I used to work as a recording engineer in a previous career. The studio I primarily worked in had a very nice monitoring environment with very high end speakers and signal path etc. However, when we did our final mixes we not only used the high end in room monitors but we’d bring in and attach these real cheesy Radio Shack Minimus 7 garbage speakers that were something like $100 per pair. We’d get the mix to sound good on these because 99% of the consuming public had crap quality playback equipment like the cheese ball book shelf systems etc. Another thing we did was use a low power stereo FM transmitter and sit in a car listening to the recording on the in car audio and then call in to the control room to have a guy left behind make the changes. This way we mixed to where most people listen to music, in their cars commuting. The point is I don’t think the majority of people care about sound quality. Your example of MP3 is a great one. I understand the need for heavy compression and data games at first when memory was a premium but now that storage is approaching 0 in cost that compression should in my opinion go away. With the storage and bandwidth available ubiquitously now there’s no reason for lossy compression. But I’m in the minority because I care about my sound quality. Most do not.
> On Apr 20, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote: > > well, given there is no more uniformity in appreciating sound then there is > a uniform sighted verses blind people concept at all, I would say certainly > some do. > What tends to happen with consumers in general is that they think it is > supposed to be that bad because they hear it everywhere. MP3 content can be > the same, with a desire for better sound feeding the return of lp records. > Companies and individuals who take their communication seriously either use > different services, instant teleconference for example, or run the sound > through a proper filter. > Not everyone calls in on the same sort of device, and I have yet to be at a > zoom event where the presenter tried taking questions, or doing more than the > captive audience thing. > Still this has nothing to do with the nonexistent two sides of a coin concept > of sight or its absence. > Kare > > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2017, Caitlyn Furness wrote: > >> Lots of these webinar things have bad sound quality-and the more you have on >> the lines, etc, the worse it seems to be!! Wonder if sighted people think >> the quality is as bad as most of us probably do?! >> >> Cait >> >>> On Apr 20, 2017, at 12:25 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I will add that zoom allows you to give participant's a call in number >>> instead, a fine option for those ho prefer attending without video at all. >>> Granted as is often the case when the audio is video based, the quality is >>> sort of nose crinkle worthy, but at least the door for phone alone is >>> there. >>> Karen >>> >>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017, Kliphton Miller wrote: >>> >>>> I HAVE BEEN USING ZOOM FOR ABOUT A YEAR, IT IS MOSTLY ACCESSIBLE, JUST >>>> THAT SOME OPTIONS THAT ARE available to the sited user, vo doesn’t read >>>> during a conference, but it’s not a deal breaker. >>>>> On Apr 20, 2017, at 6:06 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I saw on Twitter yesterday that a new web conferencing service was >>>>> discovered recently: www.zoom.us <http://www.zoom.us/>. The big news here >>>>> is that they have an accessibility website (https://zoom.us/accessibility >>>>> <https://zoom.us/accessibility>), an email address ([email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>), and a commitment to keeping their product >>>>> accessible. They claim compatibility with VoiceOver, Talkback, and NVDA, >>>>> covering all the major platforms. >>>>> >>>>> I haven't tried the service at all, and am going off only what I read on >>>>> their website and in the article that pointed me to them in the first >>>>> place. However, things look good. 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