[MusicTlk] Reading sheet music on a Braille Display

[shanahanw1983 at gmail.com]

I've seen some apps that can translate a pdf into music xml but I know they most likely will have to be done by someone sighted and put into Sibelius or some other program like that to get an xml. I just need to find a way to read the music with my braille display. Whether the file is just a regular brf file or something else as long as I can read it with the Braille Sense U2.

Thanks,
Shannon

-----Original Message-----
From: MusicTlk <musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ella Yu via MusicTlk
Sent: May 3, 2021 4:29 PM
To: Music Talk Mailing List for Blind Musicians <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Ella Yu <ellaxyu at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] Reading sheet music on a Braille Display

The only way to convert pdf to braille is to have someone transcribe it.

On 5/3/21, Shannon Williams via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> What do Ibos and SM Music Reader do? I've tried using SM Music Reader but
> it
> wouldn't convert my pdf file for some reason. A lot of my sheet music is in
> pdf so I need a way to convert that to brf or xml for the braille display.
> I've heard a lot about Dancing Dots and their products. I live in Canada
> though and with the exchange the software is out of my price range
> unfortunately. I know there is a free trial but it's only for a couple of
> weeks if memory serves me. I play music for pleasure just as a hobby not to
> make a living so I can't afford to buy Dancing Dots at the moment. I've
> taken a look at your website though and I have a rather large wish list if
> I
> ever have the money for it.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions.
>
> Shannon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MusicTlk <musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Bill McCann via
> MusicTlk
> Sent: May 3, 2021 10:09 AM
> To: 'Music Talk Mailing List for Blind Musicians' <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Bill McCann <billlist1 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] Reading sheet music on a Braille Display
>
> Hi Shannon,
>
> If you are running Windows, you might be interested to evaluate the talking
> braille score feature we call Lime Aloud combined with the GOODFEEL Braille
> Music Translator.  You can play the score back at any tempo and read the
> braille music as it tracks in sync to the musical playback.  Print score
> also synchronized with playback for sighted users.
>
> Request a free evaluation version at:
> https://www.dancingdots.com/main/demodl.htm
>
> More information at:
> https://www.dancingdots.com/main/goodfeel.htm
>
> Bill McCann
> Dancing Dots
> Tel: +1 610 783 6692
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MusicTlk <musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of ??? via MusicTlk
> Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 9:20 AM
> To: Shannon Williams via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: 高生旺 <coscell at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] Reading sheet music on a Braille Display
>
> There are Ibos MusicXML reader for Windows and SM Music Reader for
> Android/iOS.
>
> On Mon, 3 May 2021, Shannon Williams via MusicTlk wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 09:11:41 -0400
>> From: Shannon Williams via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: Music Talk Mailing List for Blind Musicians <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: shanahanw1983 at gmail.com
>> Subject: [MusicTlk] Reading sheet music on a Braille Display
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was just wondering how to read braille music with a braille display?
>> I have a Braille Sense U2 32 cell display and was wondering if I could
>> read sheet music with it? I was thinking that the music would have to
>> be in .brf format and that I'd have to change the braille to computer
>> braille but that doing this would allow me to read sheet music?
>>
>>
>>
>> Any help or suggestions would be great.
>>
>>
>>
>> Shannon
>>
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