Re: Fwd: I developed a free software to play music that blind people can use

[doug leavens]

I went to that siet and jaws couldn't find any links!!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shawn klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: I developed a free software to play music that blind 
people can use


Cool Steve! Thanks for the forward. Another good use
for my Portuguese such as it is yet.
Shawn Klein
--- Steve Pattison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Maurício Oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newsgroups: alt.comp.blind-users
Greetings,
I am a MCP, and long time ago I developed a simple
program with the
objective of allow the user to play music using the
computer keyboard.
It is
not apropriated for professional uses, of course,
but is very simple to
use,
it is free and doesn't require any kind of
configuration.
The software was not created especifically for
handicapped people (by
the
way, I'm not blind), but several blind users were
able to use it
without any
problem. Once the program is started, it is ready to
play. Some
settings
like Volume, Instrument and Chords can be defined
using the keys from
F1 to
F12 (the keys are already programmed to perform
theese actions). If you
are
able to see a little, or have some friend that can
describe an image
for
you, ask him to access this :
http://pianoeletronico.tripod.com/images/piano_tela.gif
. It is a
screenshot
of the main screen of the program, it shows how
simple and easy to use
the
program is.
One of the most interesting things in the program is
the fact that you
can
play using any one of the 128 Instrument Set (from
Gerenal MIDI
Standard),
and even press more than one key at the same time to
play
poliphonically.
Play music using the computer keyboard may seen
pointless if you have a
real
piano or eletronic keyboard, but consider the
possibility to play
anytime,
anywere (perhaps in your lunch break, and I presume
that you don't have
a
piano in you office!).
You can download the program using this link :
http://pianoeletronico.tripod.com/files/Setup_Piano_Eletronico.zip
The program is absolutelly free, and it never
expires.
I created a Home-Page with all the information about
the program, but
unfortunelly the site is in Portuguese only by now.
The link is
http://pianoeletronico.tripod.com . If you have
experience with Visual
Basic, you can download an Open-Source (but simpler)
version of the
program
at http://pianoeletronico.tripod.com/minipiano.html
You can see an English version of the site
(performed by Google
translation
engine) here :
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpianoeletronico.t

ripod.com%2F&langpair=pt%7Cen&hl=pt-BR&ie=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&oe=UT
F-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
However, the translated version has some "flaws", so
I decided to
perform my
own translation of the most important information
about the program.
Here it
comes :
"Electronic Piano 2.0 is a Freeware program
(gratuitous) with the
objective
to allow the user to play musical notes and chords
through the computer
keyboard. Even making use of the MIDI resources of
the sound card (like
the
avaibility of 128 musical instruments), the program
doesn't require
knowledge or configuration of Drivers or any device
connected to the
system.
Basically, Electronic Piano 2.0 is a program
indicated for people who
simply
wants to play music in the computer at any time,
without have to
purchase
and install a professional music edition software
(usually expensive).
Characteristics of the Program :
- 128 musical instruments available
- 47 different sounds of drums and percussion
- Poliphony (possibility to play more than one note
at the same time)
- Control of Main Volume and "Pan"
- Combine up to 3 different musical instruments (any
one of the 128)
- Graphical panel with the keys
- Note lenght is determined by the amount of time
that the key is
pressed
- Execution of Major, Minor and "7" Chords by
pressing only one key
- 7 octaves can be selected
Information about the programmer :
Mauricio Antunes Oliveira is a Programmer/Analyst
and a Microsoft
Certified
Professional (MCP) in Visual Basic since 1999.
Currently, works as a
consulter in São Paulo with Analysis and
Programming."
If you want any aditional information about the
program before download
it,
you can contact me here, or e-mail me :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your interest !
Mauricio Oliveira
Microsoft Certified Professional
PS : Sorry for my poor English :-(  ...
Regards Steve,
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skype:  steve1963
MSN Messenger:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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