Re: [Oralux] Audio theme
*** La traduction en français se trouve après les 3 astérisques (*) Hello Chris, Thank you very much for your mail! Oralux is a GNU/Linux for the visually impaired persons. It would be excellent to have an audio theme as there is a visual theme for the graphical desktops. This audio theme would include for example an introductory music, and a set of consistent, short informative sounds. The theme author will choose for example a Creative Commons licence such as ShareAlike [1]. Until now, we relied on two very basic sounds: the rooster (which is the Oralux icon) and a beep [2]. The introductory music could be a more stylised rooster sing, for example played by a synthesizer. The set of short sounds will efficiently inform the user when she is reading a web page: for example, if there is a long selection list, a short sound will be played instead of saying 'this is a long list'. If the list is short, this could be the same sound but a little bit shorter [3]. A possibility to propose a consistent set of sounds would be to start from an existing free music and extract some of the sounds. I tried this but it is not very obvious to focus on an interesting sound and remove all the noise around. The theme author could also play the interesting sound using a synthesiser. There are two musics (mp3 files) which could be interesting as a basis [4]. The chosen music could be played as a background music when the screen is locked. So this is a wish. I would be grateful if you can help Oralux to design its audio theme. Best wishes, Gilles *** En réponse à Chris Norman suite a notre appel aux musiciens pour créer un thème audio pour Oralux. Ce thème serait un peu comme le thème visuel des environnements graphiques. Il y aurait par exemple une musique d'introduction et un ensemble de sons courts et cohérents pour informer l'utilisateur. L'auteur du thème choisirait par exemple une licence Creative Commons telle que ShareAlike [1]. Jusqu'à maintenant nous avons deux sons très basiques: le chant du coq (qui est notre logo) et un bip [2]. La musique d'introduction pourrait être un chant de coq stylisé joué par exemple par un synthétiseur. L'ensemble de sons courts informeront efficacement l'utilisateur lors de la lecture d'une page web: par exemple, s'il y a une longue liste de sélection, un son court sera joué, au lieu de dire 'Ceci est une longue liste'. Si la liste est courte, le son serait juste plus court [3]. une possibilité pour proposer un ensemble de sons consistants serait de partir d'une musique libre et d'en extraire un ensemble de sons. J'ai essayé mais ce n'est pas évident de supprimer le bruit autour du son souhaité. L'auteur du thème pourrait aussi rejoué le son intéressant avec un synthétiseur. Il y a deux musiques (mp3) qui pourraient être intéressantes comme base [4]. La musique choisie serait joué en fond lorsque l'écran est verrouillé. Ceci est un souhait. J'apprécierai beaucoup si vous pouvez aider Oralux à concevoir son thème audio. A+ Gilles [1] Creative Commons licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/sa/1.0/deed.en_GB [2] 2 sounds http://oralux.org/theme/oraluxIcons [3] Messages http://oralux.org/theme/messages/messages.txt [4] 2 musics http://oralux.org/theme/music/ -- Oralux http://oralux.org ___ Oralux mailing list Oralux@lists.freearchive.org http://lists.freearchive.org/mailman/listinfo/oralux
Re: [Oralux] Audio theme
*** La traduction en français se trouve après les 3 astérisques (*) Thanks for your notices Kalyan. There will be a set of short sounds, from 0.5 second to around two seconds. So this could lead to rather universal sounds. Greetings, Gilles *** Bonjour, Les sons auront une durée assez courte : probablement entre 0.5 et environ 2 secondes. Cela devrait nous permettre de proposer un ensemble de sons plutôt universels (pas spécialement occidentaux). A+ Gilles -- Oralux http://oralux.org ___ Oralux mailing list Oralux@lists.freearchive.org http://lists.freearchive.org/mailman/listinfo/oralux
Re: [Oralux] Audio theme
Gilles Casse writes: > Hello, > > This is good to read that the word peaceful suggests to you wind > chimes! Hello Gilles, Knowing little or nothing about Western classical music, I feel very nervous about posting suggestions on this topic. But I recall that 30 yers ago when I left the States, a colleague gave me a set of records of Mozart's lesser known works. Among them were a few pieces written by Mozart for a maker of musical clocks. I have lost these records, but perhaps somebody on the list can dig it out; they'd be probably not be in the copyright domain and so usable for Oralux. Another issue concerning "auditory icons": on the Emacspeak list I was told that they can be used with a software synthesizer like flite only if the sound card has multichannel capabilities. Will the Oralux icons be subject to the same restrictions? Cheers. Kalyan ___ Oralux mailing list Oralux@lists.freearchive.org http://lists.freearchive.org/mailman/listinfo/oralux
Re: [Oralux] Audio theme
Hello, This is good to read that the word peaceful suggests to you wind chimes! The best would be that the sound helps to remember a little bit its meaning: * for example, as a menu is a set of items, its sound could be a repetition of the item's sound. * the same sound effect would emphasize an item. For example, the selected menu item or selected checkboxes, would be a lower sound. The original format could be midi. The final format in the CD will be wav or ogg vorbis to be compliant with most of hardwares. Thanks, Gilles -- Oralux http://oralux.org ___ Oralux mailing list Oralux@lists.freearchive.org http://lists.freearchive.org/mailman/listinfo/oralux
Re: [Oralux] Audio theme
Hello, I don't mean to sound like a child, but that sounds like a lot of fun! I'm curious to learn if anyone else has some ideas for this? I'm already hearing wind chimes in my head at the mention of the word "peaceful". What kind of format are you looking for? Would you prefer MIDI or WAV? I appologize for all the questions, but I find this exciting. Laurel - Original Message - From: "Gilles Casse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ML oralux" Subject: [Oralux] Audio theme Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 14:37:59 +0200 > > *** La traduction en français se trouve après les 3 astérisques (*) > Hello, > > We are looking for a person with musical ability to design a set of > auditory icons for Oralux: for example to signal an email, or an input > field, a checkbox, etc... > > Of course, there are a number of free sounds on the web, but it would > be better to have our own audio theme and also to get more > sophisticated and peaceful sounds than a breaking window or a flying > missile... > > It would be great also to have a more stylised rooster sing (for > example played by a synthesizer). The sound is quite funny but it > could be a little bit cumbersome in some circumstances. > > If you want to participate thanks to contact us, > > Gilles > > *** > Bonjour, > > Nous recherchons une personne ayant des talents musicaux pour > concevoir quelques sons pour Oralux (auditory icons) : pour signaler > l'arrivée d'un mail, la présence d'un champ de saisie, une case à > cocher, etc... > > Bien sûr, il y a pas mal de sons sur internet, mais ce serait mieux > d'avoir notre propre thème audio et aussi disposer de sons un peu > plus sophistiqués et paisibles qu'une vitre qui se brise, ou un > missile qui décolle... > > Ce serait sympa aussi d'avoir un chant de coq un peu plus > stylisé (par exemple joué par un synthétiseur). Le chant est assez > rigolo mais peut devenir gênant. > > Si vous souhaitez participer, merci bien de nous contacter, > > Gilles > > > -- > Oralux http://oralux.org > ___ > Oralux mailing list > Oralux@lists.freearchive.org > http://lists.freearchive.org/mailman/listinfo/oralux -- ___ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com ___ Oralux mailing list Oralux@lists.freearchive.org http://lists.freearchive.org/mailman/listinfo/oralux
