Questionnaire for blind musicians: Accessible Digital Musical Instrument
Name of researcher/student: Rachel Horrell
Contact details: rachel.horrell@plymouth.ac.uk
What is this project about?
This project aims to use technology to develop an interface that will allow blind or visually impaired musicians to play their instrument in an ensemble setting alongside sighted musicians. The interface will convey the musical directions that the conductor makes, which may indicate a slower/faster tempo, getting louder/quieter, stop/start, cues, articulation, repeating, etc. This interface will use technology such as haptics (vibrations) which will convey the musical directions to the blind musician.
What do I have to do?
You are being asked to fill in an online questionnaire containing questions about your disability, musical experience and information on any previous assistive technology related to music that you have used.
Confidentiality
Only the researcher will be able to access your responses to the questionnaire, and all confidential information will be stored in a password-protected folder in OneDrive, which is the university’s secure system that backs up data. From the questionnaire, no individual data will be identifiable. In accordance to GDPR, confidential information will be stored securely for up to 1 year post project completion. After this time, it will be destroyed.
The questionnaire should take less than 15 minutes to complete.
Participate in the questionnaire Accessible Digital Musical Instrument (Office forms)
