Hello Frank and other interested folks, I don't have an entire hymnal. But each Sunday, we find out what hymns will be sung at church, and braille them for the blind folks who attend. Or if we're going to an event where there won't be any other blind guys, we just put them on the BN. So I have a 15 mb folder with about 250 songs in Word format, which I could burn to a CD and mail to you if you'd like. It might be a little hard to find the songs you are looking for, because I have named them so that they start with the number from our hymnal. For example, the file name for Joy to the World is "125 Joy to the World". Our hymnal is "The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration", 1986, Word Music. But if you think this would be helpful, send me your street address off list (don't send it to the list!) and I'll mail you the CD. Also, do you know about cyberhymnal.org? There are a zillion songs up there, at least ones that don't have copyright issues. Click the Titles link. Then navigate to the first letter of the song you are looking for and click it. Then move to the right frame and search for the title. Click its link. The song will play (I think it is a midi file) plus the lyrics are all on the page and can be copied. Of course you will want to check the lyrics with your own hymnal. They can change from book to book, and it is a little embarrassing if the blind guy is singing something different from the rest of the congregation! Oh, one more suggestion. I found that the format was a little funny if I copied the text from the website and pasted it directly into Word. So first I paste it into Notepad to get rid of whatever the website does to it, and then I copy it from there and paste it into Word.
Fa la la la la, la la la la. Sue Sweetman Sweetman Systems (818) 893-5887 Fax: (818) 894-9132 Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:23:51 -0700 From: Frank M. Hernandez <[email protected]> Subject: [Braillenote] bn and hymnal To: Bn List <[email protected]> Message-ID: e1e5183f02c156a1ea8deeb97bb99b7b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Hi List, Does someone have a hymnal on there BN? Thanks, Frank. ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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
