ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses participants' perceived training needs and access to technologies, their high cost, the compatibility of products with accessibility technology, questions of industry interests and manipulation, copyright, and various ways in which visually impaired users seek help from sighted colleagues. Ayotunde called for technology conventions or fairs for visually impaired people. Not only training and access per se, but cost was a big barrier for many participants: and it is worth pointing out that, due partly to low demand from this minority client group, the cost of specialist technologies for visually impaired musicians is generally far greater than an outlay with a similar use value for a sighted musician. Partly as a response to the industry's 'cat and mouse' games with regard to releases of notation, music production and recording programs, the interviews revealed that our 'visually impaired music techies' were sometimes taking it upon themselves to acquire the help of independent programmers.
