<div dir="auto">Susan,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My follow up advice from earlier. Hope it’s helpful!<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Wink Harner<br>Assistive Technology Consulting and Training<br>Alternative Text Production<br>Portland OR.<br><br><a href="mailto:foreigntype@gmail.com">foreigntype@gmail.com</a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 1:55 PM Susan Kelmer <<a href="mailto:Susan.Kelmer@colorado.edu">Susan.Kelmer@colorado.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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