<s>
The	O
Yamaha	B-Device
QY10	I-Device
is	O
a	O
hand-held	O
music	O
workstation	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Yamaha	O
Corporation	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Possessing	O
a	O
MIDI	O
sequencer	O
,	O
a	O
tone	O
generator	O
and	O
a	O
tiny	O
single-octave	O
keyboard	O
,	O
the	O
portable	O
and	O
battery-powered	O
QY10	O
enables	O
a	O
musician	O
to	O
compose	O
music	O
while	O
traveling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
two	O
octaves	B-Language
of	O
full	O
size	O
velocity-sensitive	O
keys	O
,	O
the	O
MM10	O
overcomes	O
a	O
significant	O
limitation	O
of	O
the	O
QY10	O
:	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
proper	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
electronic	O
musical	O
equipment	O
became	O
more	O
dependent	O
on	O
large	O
and	O
sophisticated	O
graphical	O
displays	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
QY10	O
's	O
display	O
is	O
a	O
small	O
LCD	B-Device
panel	I-Device
which	O
accommodates	O
only	O
16	O
characters	O
of	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
made	O
it	O
feasible	O
for	O
the	O
Kentucky	O
LCD	B-Device
Interface	O
Project	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
QY10	O
with	O
a	O
speech	B-Application
interface	I-Application
as	O
an	O
assistive	O
technology	O
for	O
the	O
blind	O
.	O
</s>
