[Athen] Music xml file creation

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Sorry, Adrienne,  I thought you all did everything!! Thanks for the
additional info,  though.  Susan may find it helpful.

Wink

On Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 3:00 PM CentralAccess <CentralAccess at cwu.edu> wrote:


> Hi all,

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> Thank you for the vote of confidence, Wink, but from the Central Access

> team, at Central Washington University, we do not convert music. This may

> be an area we explore in the future but for now I think Wendy and her

> consultants send out music requests to Patrick at Braille Music and More

> and I don’t know what he has to offer in the way of xml file creation.

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> Sorry we can’t be more helpful for music,

>

> Adrienne

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> Susan,

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> 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.

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> 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.

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

>

> Wink Harner

> Assistive Technology Consulting and Training

> Alternative Text Production

> Portland OR.

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

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> 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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