Hello, I am recently a new member here and I would like to add to your post.
I have been a Genos owner for about two years now.
I am a blind user and if I can use it, anybody can.
If you have some vision issues, there are some things that can help.
First, Yamaha has provided a speech assistance called voice guide for the Genos.
Do a youtube or a Google search on the voice guide for the Genos and check it out.
It allows a blind person to touch the screen and get a voice verification of the item on the screen.
It is not 100 percent as of yet but it will get better in time.
By touching the screen the voice guide reads all of the style and voice names.
It also can read the entire home screen and sub menus.
Here is how it works.
The direct access button is a voice guide preview button.
Press and hold the direct access button and then touch the screen
The voice guide with speech reads the current item you are touching without actually activating it.
When you find the one you want, release the direct access button and touch the screen again.
You can also assign the foot pedal 2 to be the preview function.
Make sure your genos software is updated.
This was not available in the original operating system.
I have also, with the help of some close sighted friends, have made a overlay template for certain screen such as the multi-track record and the mixer screens.
Using thin wood, about 1/4 thick, I cut a piece that cover most of the screen.
Thin laminate flooring is good for this.
Like I said with the help of my sighted friends,
we measured out the coordinates locations of the items on the screen and drilled holes in the template.
For example, the multi-record template has 24 holdes in it, 3 rows of 8.
The top row of 8, holes mutes and unmutes the track.
The second row of 8 holes open the screen for selecting the recording source for that track.
Use the dial to select the source and then press exit.
The third row of 8 holes arms the track for recording.
There are 2 extra holes on this template.
Right above hole 8 on the top row is a hole for the "record mode".
Just to the right of that is another hole.
This hole is for turning on and off the metronome.
I think you get the idea.
Marking the top and sides of the screen can be helpful.
You can purchase these little stick on bumps on the internet that help blind users use equipment that have a slick pannel.
At the top of the multi-track recorder template I place 6 of these small bumps.
For example, these bumps line up with the 6 items at the top of the screen.
"save" "step edit" "settup" "new" "menu" and "exit"
All I need to do, is to slide the template down just a little and then touch the Genos screen right above the bump.
On the mixer screen template the holes allow me to adjust the volume stereo position and much more.
If you have any friends who are blind or have vision issues, feel free to pass this info on.
Also I would love to connect with those who would like to share this kind of stuff.
Vissit my webpage:
http://www.markdew.comMy email address is:
jmkeybd1@charter.net
Mark AKA stlpianoman