[MusicTlk] Converting music scores into Braille

[Ella Yu]

Hi Jennifer, I highly recommend downloading the Sao Mai Braille translation
program. It is great for converting MusicXML to braille, and it's also
great at literary print to braille as well. I think it even supports math
translations, though there are specific requirements. It's a really
versatile program. Get it here: https://saomaicenter.org/en/smsoft/smb

There is a user guide available, but it's pretty dense.
For converting MusicXML to braille, it's simple to do, but if you want to
optimize results, settings are going to be the harder part. For starters:
1. Open the program.
2. Control+n for new document.
3. Alt+F11 to browse/insert MusicXML.
4. Control+T for translate.
5. Save file via Control+S. Default is the proprietary .smb file, so make
sure you save as a .brf.

Hope this helps.

On Sun, May 12, 2024 at 7:18 PM Jennifer Bose via MusicTlk <
musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello, everyone. I'm interested in learning how to convert scores in XML
> format to BRF to read on a Braille display. I'm thinking of the files
> available from the MuseScore website and app. If anyone knows how, please
> show me.
>
> Thanks so much.
> Jen
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