Hi,
If you use the JAWS for Windows screen reader software, you
can definitely
compose, revise, listen back to, print, and then transcribe
your music into
braille using our GOODFEEL Braille Music Translator with the
Lime notation
software included. If you use Skype, perhaps we could
schedule a voice chat
using that medium.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: George Bell [mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:02 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [duxuser] Re: Requesting Info About Braille
Music Translation
Options
Francis,
You need to talk to Bill McCann at Dancing Dots. What he
doesn't know about composing music and transcribing into
braille, simply isn't worth knowing.
I know a call from Trinidad & Tobago isn't cheap, but in
this case it would be well worth the cost.
Dancing Dots
1754 Quarry Lane
P.O. Box 927
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0927
Voice: +1 610 783-6692, Fax: +1 610 783-6732
E-mail: [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Web http://www.dancingdots.com
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Francis
E. Khan
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 2:12 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Requesting Info About Braille Music
Translation Options
Are there any programs where one can compose music on a
computer and then transcribe into Braille? A colleague has
been hounding me to find something for him and I hope you
can
help.
Francis Khan
fekhan@xxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "William R. McCann" <BillList1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <BSmart@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 8:59 AM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Requesting Info About Braille Music
Translation Options
Hi, Catherine,
Our GOODFEEL Braille Music Translator software can
automatically transcribe
files created in Finale according to the procedure below:
Open the piece to be transcribed in Finale.
Under Finale's File menu, select MusicXML | Export. Note
that this feature
is available in Finale 2007 and 2006. You must upgrade
previous versions of
Finale to version 2007 or purchase the Dolet MusicXML
plug-in software from
www.recordare.com in order to have access to MusicXML
export.
Take note of the location in which you save the resulting
MusicXML file.
Close Finale and run the Lime notation editor software
which
comes with
GOODFEEL.
Under Lime's File menu, select Import | MusicXML and
browse
to the MusicXML
file which you exported using Finale.
Lime will present a few import dialogs. Generally, you
can
just accept
whatever default values for page layout that Lime
suggests.
Sometimes, you
must tell Lime how many measures per system or how many
systems per page you
want.
Once the music appears in Lime's notation window, it is
always a good idea
to proof it in comparison to the original Finale source
file. Lime's
MusicXML import facility is very good but there may be
times
when certain
details of the score are not imported for example, finger
numbers in
keyboard music. There may also be times when Finale's
export function fails
to include something. But the good news is that in many
cases your music
can be transcribed without any further editing at all.
Once you are satisfied that the information in Lime's
music
editor is
complete, just select "Launch GOODFEEL" from Lime's File
menu and Lime
passes the notation information to GOODFEEL for automatic
transcription into
the equivalent music braille.
GOODFEEL can definitely use your Index embosser.
For the process described above, GOODFEEL functions as a
completely
stand-alone application. That is, Duxbury is not
required.
GOODFEEL has
its own internal literary braille translator for
transcribing title text,
lyrics, etc. With latest versions of Duxbury and
GOODFEEL,
it is possible
to insert a reference to a Lime notation file into a
Duxbury
print document.
This optional integration facilitates the transcription of
music theory or
method books that contain extended text passages
interspersed with musical
examples or exercises. However, I stress that for the
purposes of importing
MusicXML information, Duxbury is not required.
Lime is a music notation editor comparable to Finale.
Customers who use the
JAWS for Windows screen reader can use our Lime Aloud
access
solution to use
Lime independently for reviewing music files imported from
Finale or created
by other means and to create their own print notation for
sighted players to
perform. That is, you can prepare printed scores using
Lime's editing
functions and print them on a standard ink printer and
hand
your
compositions or arrangements to sighted performers to
place
on their music
stands.
I invite you to send a sample Finale file to my
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
address. I will put it through the process and send you
the
resulting
formatted braille music file.
For more on GOODFEEL, go to www.DancingDots.com and follow
the "GOODFEEL"
link.
Regards,
Bill McCann
President
Dancing Dots
www.DancingDots.com
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Catherine Mahony
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 4:13 AM
To: Duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Requesting Info About Braille Music
Translation Options
Hello everyone
I'm hoping there are some musos on this list who might be
able to assist me.
I sing in a number of church groups who produce music
scores
using the
Finale music software. Does anyone know if there are one
or
more braille
music translation programs which will enable me to
translate
and emboss the
score in braille? I have Duxbury braille translation
software and an Index
Everest embosser.
I hope to hear back from one of you soon.
Here's hoping this can work!
Thanks in anticipation
Catherine
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