Richard; Write me direct, next week and I can tell you a little about Braille music. It is not hard at all. The upper 2/3 of the cell make the note and the bottom dot tells you what kind of note it is. A half, a quarter, a whole... Dot combinations are placed in frunt of the notes to tell you the octives, only when they change. See, I told you it was easy. I used to read Braille music with one hand, have a baritone horn strapped to my body and play it with my right. I played piano some but I stuck with the guitar. Terry Powers
-----Original Message----- From: Richard Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:37 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Braille Mus Code Hi Michelle, I think this is a grand idea. I might actually do something about learning braille music if I had it on my PK so I could get verbal confirmation as to what I'm reading. Of course, I have no idea how difficult it would be to do that, but given the other languages, computer braille, etc., it seems to me that it should indeed be possible. Even though I don't read music braille, I'd likely pay extra to have it. One could almost teach oneself braille music if it were on a device like this. Thanks for bringing this up. Richard Turner "Where words fail, music speaks." on Tuesday 8/8/2006 07:18 AM Michele Thredgold said >Hi Listers. I want to get your opinion of the idea of incorporating the >Braille music code as an extra into a future upgrade, rather like the >linguistics software was; meaning, that not everybody has to have it on >their BN but only those who want or need it. > >I am studying music at a tertiary institution and use Sibelius and one >means of doing my theory. However, sometimes, I need to use my >BrailleNote for taking notes and in these instances, music and text can >be intermixed. > >I have asked Ramona Mandy about this problem and she says it is possible >to enter Braille music on the BN and emboss it, but not to print it. >This means, of course, that if one has a Braille display, it's okay; one >can understand what one ahs written, but if the display is not working >properly, or one is relying chiefly on speech feedback, the BN, not >having the Braille music code as part of it's Braille choices, will >speak out perfect nonsense. > >Every time there is an upgrade, I wait with bated breath to see if my >request, which I have made several times to the powers that be, has >materialized, but not yet. > >Don't get me wrong, I am more impressed than ever with the new upgrade, >particularly the Daisy player, and can't wait to test it out, once I get >my Classic upgraded to an Mpower. However, I think there are a number >of BN users who are doing music who would appreciate this development. > >Any opinions would be welcome. > >Cheers! > >Michele from Oz > > >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
