[Athen] Music xml file creation

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Take a look at ScanScore then. It can do PDF to Music XML files relatively
painlessly. Here’s a link:
https://scan-score.com/en/convert-pdf-to-musicxml/

Wink

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

foreigntype at gmail.com


On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 2:59 PM Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>
wrote:


> Thanks, Wink.  The output required is Music XML.  Not Braille.  I have a

> Braille transcriptionist for any of the Braille that needs to be created.

> This is different, and is supposed to be a “shortcut” and the professor

> wants to have immediate turnaround capability and for us to use his TAs to

> do the XML creation at an hourly rate I find unconscionable.  I was hoping

> for an easier, cheaper solution.

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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!

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> 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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