Better support for visually impaired

_Edited Apr 8th @tresf, improved description, fixed link_
[TomVal](http://lmms.io/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1677) wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm a music teacher, my eyes are anything but good. When I create music, I can't constantly hunt for a mouse pointer, so I'd like to be able to just use my PC keyboard for creating new music. Is this possible in LMMS? Is there any effort to make LMMS accessible for people with low vision, who still can use their sight, but not as much as sighted people? Is it possible to enter music in Musescore way? Are various panes accessible for keyboard-only navigation? Is there an alternate interface for VST plugins, accessible for people who can't use a mouse comfortably? You know, constant hunting for a mouse pointer is real pain for my eyes.
>
> You might want to adapt LMMS for 7" Windows tablets, so that we, people with low vision, could use such layout on our 20"+ screens to get everything comfortably large :)

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> Well, as I said, my eyes hurt if I have to hunt for a mous pointer too long. I have to be only less than an inch away of the screen if I have to use a mouse. So that means heavy hunting for a mouse pointer is quite neck-intensive as well. And since I can see only a little section of a screen at a given time, it means working with mouse is like this:
> 1. Locate the control you wish to manipulate, often moving my head
> 2. Locate the mouse pointer, which is left somewhere on screen.
> 3. Move the mouse pointer to a desired control, being very close to a mouse pointer.
>
> Can you imagine having such a workflow for several hours??? My eyes (and neck) would be very sore.
>
> So it's quite weird - sound is a natural means of self-expression of blind people, but sound manipulation software is heavily mouse oriented, thus inaccessible for such people. Very sad :(

Original post [forums/#2258](http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2258)

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First i would ask you to read this:
~~http://lmms.io/forum/posting.php?mode=quote&f=15&p=8643~~

http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2258
Especially this

> So it's quite weird - sound is a natural means of self-expression of blind people, but sound manipulation software is heavily mouse oriented, thus inaccessible for such people. Very sad :(

really made me think. 'How right he is'
What are your opinion on this?
Could lmms be the first and only daw, that actually focused this, and gave sight-impaired users, a chance to make music on computer?
For my self, i have to say, that a lot of font-sizes and color-schemes, are just about to be issues, and i also often have to bend forward, in order to read a bar-posistion, or a readout from a dial, but those kind of issues could be addressed with more css-options, and are completely insignificant, compared to what OP tell us about.

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by narrowing the broad accessibility requests into a specific, actionable change covering keyboard-only navigation, visual presentation, or plugin interaction; done should be defined by a clear user-facing accessibility outcome and corresponding verification.

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