Jim, I agree that you *can* edit without vision, and that's why I said it was possible. But, I think there is a difference between working as a serious amateur or professional, where you are willing to spend time with a tool and the sound that comes out, and the idea of a quick "cut and paste" for editing lecture notes. If you want to be able to move comments to organize them like a note taker does, that will not be a simple or quick process. I also do sound editing, and although I am sighted, I use my ears a lot in the process. I also do a fair amount of editing, and the kind of thing that was alluded to might be very difficult indeed! Denis Anson On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 10:29:44 -0600 Jim Rebman wrote: > >While it is possible to record and edit voice on a laptop, provided you > have a sound card and a sound editing utility, it would be very difficult > to do this without sight. The >interface for sound recording is intensely > graphical! The screen shows the sound waveform, and you need to be > able to > locate key points in the flow for your editing. > > Dennis, > > I respectfully disagree. You can also use your ears to locate key points. > The proof in this is that myself, as well as many other blind people, both > amatuers and professionals, do their own recording, mixing, > mastering, etc. > We use such mainstream tools as Sonar, Cakewalk, CoolEdit Pro, > SoundForge, > and others. There is also a nice set of JFW scripts especially for making > Cakewalk more productive and efficient to use called CakeTalk (available > from www.dancingdots.com). > > I am currently putting together a recording studio in my basement, and I > know a totally blind person in Denver who runs his own commercial > recording > studio, as well as another one in Michigan. I'm sure there are more. > > -- Jim > > ------------ > > James A. Rebman > > Cognitive Levers Project > Center for Life-Long Learning and Design > Department of Computer Science > University of Colorado, Boulder > > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more > violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the > opposite direction." > > - E. F. Schumacher