On 14 March 2014 05:24, Marc Sabatella <m...@outsideshore.com> wrote: > Hello, and thanks for your interest! Braille output something that I > know some people have given thought to. but as far as I know, there has > been no work in this area. There was presumably some investigation as > part of a recent Kickstarter project. See: > > http://blog.musescore.com/post/62818273654/braille-music > > However, there are a number of projects out there that are working on > the more general problem of converting MusicXML to Braille, and > MuseScore always strives to do MusicXML export well. So one possible > avenue is to investigate which of the existing MusicXML->Braille > converts makes the most sense to leverage, and then work on integrating > this as seamlessly as possible.
I was looking at the ideas page and saw this MuseScore Accessibility document [0]. It seems that before diving head first into implementing the Braille export feature it'd be really useful to sort out some of the stuff listed in the document. A better keyboard navigation, screen reader friendly status bar, appropriate field labels stuff and making the current interface more keyboard friendly is a good way to improve the functionality of the software and make it much more productive for every user. Once these issues have been tackled with, we can then concentrate on actually implementing the Braille export feature with better MusicXML->Braille covert options as the Kickstarter project is investigating. > An interesting aspect of this type of project is that it might not > directly allow blind people to create music, it would allow sighted > people to create music *for* blind people, which is also important! Yes, that should also be taken into the focus and hence my earlier suggestions about improving those features regarding MuseScore Accessibility. :) [0] http://accessiblemusicnotation.wordpress.com/working-documents/musescore-accessibility/ -- Gurjot Singh Blog: http://bhattigurjot.wordpress.com "You do not need a Leader. You never did. System made you believe you needed one. Self-Education. No more rules." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ Mscore-developer mailing list Mscore-developer@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mscore-developer
