[Menvi-discuss] music technology for VI

Fri Dec 23 10:41:13 PST 2011

Thanks again Bill.

My presentation will be at the NCCVI or North Carolina Conference on Visual
Impairment.  This would beheld on March 17 and 18, hosted by school
Governor Morehead School.  It is designed to serve all VI teachers in NC.
I did one on Braille Music last year (first one).  The crowd number about
12, one being a music teacher, the others as local teachers to the various
school districts in state.  I will need to focus it on the general public
instead of music professionals.

I will be having a publication on accommodations next school year in the
Music Educators Journal (date not workout yet).  I was planning to do an
article on my Braille music presentation next, but a lot of time has been
aimed at keeping our school open and overseeing the school's new school
improvement plan.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Bill <billlist1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> OK, Rick, glad you had a chance to be up in Boston for that presentation.
> Please remind us, where and when will your own presentation take place?  Is
> it part of a conference such as CSUN?  Perhaps we at MENVI and Dancing Dots
> can help you to publicize it.****
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> *From:* menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org [mailto:
> menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] *On Behalf Of *Rick Coates
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2011 8:04 PM
> *To:* This is for discussing music and braille literacy
> *Subject:* Re: [Menvi-discuss] music technology for VI****
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> Thanks Bill for information.  I saw the Lime Lighter device at our
> festival meeting in Boston.  If our school budgets were able to afford the
> device I was going suggest purchasing it, but the student who would use it
> moved from print to braille music this semester.  I am not sure how many
> music teachers will be at the presentation, but feel assured that your
> information will be passed on to them.  Thanks again, Rick Coates****
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Bill <billlist1 at comcast.net> wrote:****
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> Hi, Rick,****
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> Please consider inclusion of The Lime Lighter music-reading device for low
> vision performers in your report on the current alternatives for blind and
> visually impaired musicians.  See www.DancingDots.com and follow link to
> the page on The Lime Lighter.****
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> Glad to hear you checked out Lime Aloud.  It comes with an installation
> program that saves all required components in their proper folders unlike
> the Sibelius Access scripts that do require that you have a fairly solid
> working knowledge of where to manually place such components.  Lime Aloud
> also installs the Lime Aloud Guide and other helpful documentation.  Like
> most freeware solutions, the Sibelius Access technology is somewhat short
> on detailed user documentation.****
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> For your student who chose to use braille, Lime Aloud can still be helpful
> as it is a component of the suite of software called GOODFEEL.  Here’s a
> quick reference of GOODFEEL and the products derived from it such as Lime
> Aloud.  All new users receive a 30-minute orientation session to ensure
> that all software components are installed and configured properly and to
> make certain that they know how to access all online documentation.****
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> As you may remember, the following products are actually suites of
> software that combine mainstream and assistive technology.  I include some
> brief descriptions below:****
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> Accessible Music Software from Dancing Dots****
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> GOODFEEL® Standard (SharpEye, Lime, Lime Aloud, GOODFEEL Braille Music
> Translator) ****
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> http://www.dancingdots.com/main/goodfeel.htm****
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>  ****
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> Sighted non-specialists can scan/import/enter print music notation, and
> convert to what we call an accessible score for a blind musician to read.
> Accessible scores present the music in any combination of the following:
> verbal descriptions, musical cues, and braille music notation.  I also like
> to call accessible scores “braille music with training wheels.”  Braille
> scores in the following formats can be produced: Instrumental, Keyboard,
> Vocal, and instrumental full score.****
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> Blind users can type or play music in, add required details such as
> lyrics, dynamics, etc., and print the music out in standard staff notation
> for sighted teachers, colleagues or students.****
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> GOODFEEL® Lite (SharpEye, Lime, Lime Aloud, GOODFEEL Lite Braille Music
> Translator) ****
>
> http://www.dancingdots.com/main/goodfeel.htm****
>
>  ****
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> Gives you all of the features described above for GOODFEEL® Standard
> except that customer must limit braille transcriptions to only one of the
> following formats by choosing a particular edition of GOODFEEL Lite:****
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>  ****
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> . Instrumental edition (any band or orchestra instrument such as trumpet,
> flute, guitar, violin or cello)****
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>  ****
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> . Vocal edition (Any voice part with lyrics)****
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> . Keyboard edition (Piano, organ, and harp too as harp is played with both
> hands.)****
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>  ****
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> N.B.:  If you have a license for GOODFEEL Lite and you attempt to
> transcribe music for another format than the one for which you have a
> license, GOODFEEL reverts to its demo mode.  For example, if you have a
> license for GOODFEEL Lite Keyboard Edition, and you attempt to transcribe a
> piece with lyrics, GOODFEEL will transcribe the first 10 measures and then
> stop.  A title page will precede the music and display a notice that the
> music was produced with the demo version of GOODFEEL.  New customers
> sometimes mistakenly believe that their software was not properly
> authorized while it actually was.  It’s just that they are trying to
> transcribe a piece that does not match the edition of GOODFEEL Lite which
> they have.****
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> Lime Aloud  (SharpEye, Lime, Lime Aloud scripts)****
>
> http://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/limealoud.htm****
>
> Offers all the same features as GOODFEEL Standard except braille output.
> You can think of Lime Aloud as GOODFEEL without the braille.****
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> HTH,****
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> Bill****
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