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# Indie Musician Mandy Is Hacking Blindness And You Can Help
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mandy-is-hacking-blindness-and-you-can-help/
- Published: 2013-03-05T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-03-05T10:30:00.000Z
- Description: By Paul Lamere of Music Machinery. Meet Mandy. She’s a musician and a multimedia artist. She’s also losing her vision. She is on a quest – to push forward interfaces. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/03/mandy-is-hacking-blindness-and-you-can-help.html]
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- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Tech, Hacking Blindness, Mandy, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

[![Mandy](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017c374e9d0a970b-150wi "Mandy")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017c374e9d0a970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

By Paul Lamere of [Music Machinery](http://musicmachinery.com/?ref=hypebot.com).

Meet [Mandy](https://twitter.com/mandyistired?ref=hypebot.com). She’s a [musician](http://theoryanesthetic.bandcamp.com/album/ep?ref=hypebot.com) and a multimedia artist. She’s also losing her vision. She is on a quest – to push forward interfaces for non-visual music production to make it easier for those with vision impairments to use modern technology to create music.

We in the music tech community, especially the music hackers among us are in an excellent position to help Mandy take some steps toward reaching her goal. Anyone who has been to a Music Hack Day has seen the wide range of non-traditional music interfaces that we create. We’ve made [Music gloves](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=GloveSynth&ref=hypebot.com), leap-motion-based [mixers](https://github.com/skattyadz/leap-mixer?ref=hypebot.com) and [orchestras](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LuVl%5FT397g&feature=youtu.be&ref=hypebot.com), [invisible violins ](http://www.timsoo.com/invisible-instruments/?ref=hypebot.com)made with iphones, remixing tools that use[ makey-makey](http://musicmachinery.com/2012/11/14/high-five-hero/?ref=hypebot.com), music controllers made out of [kinects](http://vimeo.com/54720471?ref=hypebot.com), [arduinos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYiXNqfnr8Y&ref=hypebot.com), [webcams](http://vimeo.com/14964863?ref=hypebot.com) and even [neckties](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/spinningplatters-com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/photo.jpg?ref=hypebot.com) and [coat](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Daft%5FH%C3%A4nger&ref=hypebot.com) [racks](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Wallify&ref=hypebot.com). We build things that make music. With a little guidance we should be able to build things that will help the visually impaired make music too

<a href="http://theoryanesthetic.bandcamp.com/album/ep" \_mce\_href="http://theoryanesthetic.bandcamp.com/album/ep">EP by Theory Anesthetic</a> 

Mandy has just started a blog:[ Hacking Blindness](http://hackblindness.tumblr.com/?ref=hypebot.com) where she is writing about her journey to help develop new and immersive ways for low vision and blind musicians to perform and manipulate. sound. If you are a music techie/hacker and are interested in learning more about this [go to Mandy’s blog](http://hackblindness.tumblr.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and join in the discussion. It is just getting started. I hope that in an upcoming Music Hack Day we can have Mandy come and help us understand how we can help her [#hackblindness](https://twitter.com/search?q=hackblindness&ref=hypebot.com).

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