[Athen] Music xml file creation

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Susan,

My reference to both Brian and Wendy’s team was meant to question them on
the process and software they use for this music conversion. My experience
is with Coda Finale and Sibelius software then through Dancing Dots if the
output is meant to go into Braille. Both Coda and Sibelius can import &
convert PDF scored music; with a synthesizer can convert from an audio
recorded score; both can excerpt specific orchestration parts from whole
scores; both work with Dancing Dots. I was OK enough at reading parts
scores for voice (i.e.  choral pieces) to be able to proofread and edit,
but certainly not good enough to read other instrumentation or clefs! We
hired a music student or one of the college music professors to do the
proofreading and making edits.

If the final output is brailled music, a really good place to start is with
Dancing Dots & their team to find out what’s currently being used for
software and whether they have training materials available.

My follow up advice from earlier. Hope it’s helpful!

Wink Harner
Assistive Technology Consulting and Training
Alternative Text Production
Portland OR.

foreigntype at gmail.com


On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 1:55 PM Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>
wrote:


> I’m just starting to research this for a current student.  I’m wondering

> if anyone has converted PDF sheet music to music xml, and what your process

> is.  I’m finding some super-easy ways (like using adobe and export to xml)

> that seem suspicious because of their ease, but other more complicated ways

> that involve pricey software.

>

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> Anyone done any music xml creation, and if so, what are you using and are

> there written instructions?  I do not read music, or xml, as the case may

> be, so I don’t know if what I’m converting through my experiments is any

> good.  Help please?

>

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