I believe there is a way to get MusicXML files from Midi. I know that
Finale can save as MusicXML. Of course someone with serious skills in
both MusicXML and braille music notation would have to do some work
to create a table and .sem files to handle this. That someone is not
me by the way. This system can, in therory convert any kind of XML
document to braille.
Greg
On May 14, 2007, at 09:21 , Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
I am extremely excited about this project.
My number-one request was already addressed, which of course was
the back translation. Support of UK Braille rules, (i.e. no
capitals) is also very important to me, as I much prefer that over
US standards.
It also seems to me that, though a rather large project, the use of
custom XML and rule sets has a potential application that would
make me quite happy. If a converter could be developed as an add-
on or companion program to convert midi files into some sort of
structured XML file, production of Braille sheet music from MIDI
files would be possible, and maybe even quite easy. This is a
tremendously exciting prospect.
Thoughts?
Josh de Lioncourt
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On May 14, 2007, at 6:32 AM, Greg Kearney wrote:
Yes it should handle most major European and Scandinavian
languages as well as Arabic other braille codes can be created as
needed but it will require experts in the language and the use of
braille in that language to do so. But it will be a documented
process so the system can be expanded independent of a vendor.
Greg
On May 14, 2007, at 24:11 , william lomas wrote:
hi
would it be multilingual as well?
if so great idea
will
On 14 May 2007, at 04:45, Gabe Vega wrote:
Its a wonderul and much needed application idea.
thanks
On May 13, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
I'm starting to think about a modern, full featured, free
braille translator able to compete, and hopefully improve upon
Duxbury which is no longer offered on the Macintosh. Built
upon the foundations of John Boyer's liblouis and liblouisxml
libraries Louis will be able to learn new XML based formats
permitting the end user to add new existing or custom formats
as needed.
Here are some of the feature which it I am looking at.
Conversion of the following formats to braille for output on
either embossers or screen readers.
MSword
HTML
DocBook
dtbook (DAISY text)
XHTML
XML
custom XML formats, you will be able to make up your own if you
want
Support for MathML to Nemeith code braille
Support for HTML based tables to braille tables.
Customizing output for numbers of cells on a line, line on a
page, line and page endings, braille and print page numbers
footnotes endnotes title pages and so on.
The user interface will be a combination of Cocoa based
application with connections to TextEdit or similar text editor.
What are your thought on this?
Greg Kearney
