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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I know that Dancing Dots is the company that makes the Goodfield Braille Music Translator.  While I have not used it much myself, I have heard good things about
 it.  It basically allows a blind or sighted person to take a musical score and translate it into braille. The person doing the translation does not have to necessarily have a knowledge of braille music. You might contact the National Library Services Braille
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Mdpobc [mailto:mdpobc-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Trudy Pickrel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> MDPOBC<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Mdpobc] Dancing Dots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Question of the Day.  What does everyone know about Dancing Dots and has anyone used it? 
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</span>What Equipment and Programs are needed to use it?<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>
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</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F497A">Trudy L. Pickrel</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>
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