[Perform-Talk] Familiar with Citations for Music Sources

[Davood Jafari]

I use Microsoft words to create footnotes and endnotes but when it comes to
reading I prefer to read in Braille.
After preparing my papers, I ask for help for a final visual edit.
All the best
Davood



On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 4:05 AM Elizabeth Sprecher <
elizabeth.sprecher103 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I am actually looking for bibliography help. Relating to siding
> sources for bibliography, and footnote and endnotesituations, and how
> another music student would go through that.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 28, 2024, at 4:26 PM, Davood Jafari <davoud.jafari at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Hello Elizabet,
> I am Davood Jafari a blind composer.
> At the moment, I am completing my PhD in composition at Trinity Laban
> conservatoire of music and dance London UK.
> I have had challenges to convert the theory books, scores, and many more
> things as a composer.
> At the present time, you can have a lot of solutions to solve the issue.
> If you need to convert any text from PDF you may use insta reader on your
> phone or google OCr.
> Insta reader can convert anything into text such as any photos or other
> types of file.
> There is another software called kurzweil which is very efficient in
> scanning and converting the pDf files as well. The software can also use a
> physical scanner and scan everything. it can also provide you with a
> Braille grade 2 as well.
> If you need some notes the software muze score is so efficient.
> Its website provides a huge number of scores in MSCZ or music xml format.
> Just google the score you need and add the MSCZ after the file name.
>
> format
> The software is free of charge.
> you may use the following website to make a Braille version of any music
> XML file.
> https://www.braillemuse.net/braille_music_score/en2/index.html
> you may read them on a Braille display or print the files by a Braille
> printer.
> let me know if you need any specific types of things so I can provide more
> suggestions.
> All the best
> Davood Jafari
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 4:50 PM Elizabeth Sprecher via Perform-Talk <
> perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I'm studying for my master's in piano performance.
>> I wanted to ask if there was a way to independently complete citations for
>> music sources? I try and complete them as much as possible, but often use
>> a
>> research assistant to help me, because there are a lot of details,
>> however,
>> she only has a certain number of hours with me every week. Also, the
>> Disability services will only provide a reader if it involves testing
>> specifically.
>> We have to cite things such as books, scores, journal articles, CD titles,
>> dissertations, and so on.
>> How did you work with this while studying music as a blind person? How do
>> you recommend balancing a class like this with all the other music stuff?
>>
>> Thanks
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