[musictlk] BMC: Braille Music Compiler

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello Mario,
This is great! Is there a manual on how to use it? I would like to know 
how to write my Braille code to be formatted correctly.
I would also love to be able to change a BRF to print. I write all my 
Braille music on my Braille note then move it to the computer.
Thank you,

Brandon Keith Biggs

On 10/30/2013 1:57 AM, Mario Lang wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am developing a free software project to work with braille music code.
>
> Some of you might have stumbled across FreeDots[1], an older project of
> mine also related to braille music code.
>
> BMC currently deals with automated conversion *from* braille music code
> to visual notation.  It currently uses LilyPond as a backend to produce
> engraved music and MIDI performances from braille music code.
>
> As a demonstration of its capabilities, I am developing a small braille
> music code tutorial with examples in three variants: braille, visual
> notation, and rendered MIDI or MP3 files.  This is something I have
> always missed when I started to learn braille music.  I always wanted to
> be able to *listen* to the examples given in the manual I was studying.
> Have a look here: http://bmc.branchable.com/tutorial/
>
> However, thats not the end.  As a proof of concept, I am also working
> on the Goldberg variations in Braille.  This is also automatically
> translated to visual notation and audio.  Have a look here:
> http://bmc.branchable.com/goldberg/
>
> BMC can handle unicode braille as well as the various locale specific
> braille tables.  If your environment allows you to enter Unicode braille
> directly, no problem, BMC will understand that.  However, it can also
> backtranslate normal ascii characters to braille.  So if you know the
> dot-patterns produced by the various keys on your computer keyboard by
> heart, you can just enter braille scores for BMC by using your normal
> computer keyboard.
>
> The software is free.  It currently only runs on Mac OS X and Linux I am
> afraid, and you will have to compile it from source yourself, since
> there is no binary distribution yet.  I am planning to support the
> Windows platform one day as well, but help in this area would be highly
> appreciated.  If you are a Windows user with development
> background and would like to make use of BMC on your system, please
> consider collaborating so that a Windows version of BMC eventually can
> become a reality.
>
> Short and dense, but thats it from me for now.
> If you have any input on BMC, please do not hesitate to write.
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/freedots/
>