[Menvi-discuss] Test transcription.

[Bill]

Hi, Kaiti,

Sounds like you need to have the school or your rehab agency provide you
with the services of a reader who can read and write print music. You could
take the test orally and have your scribe write down your answers.

Another possibility would be to have the reader read the test question and
then you could use Lime to produce your answer in print staff notation.

Of course, it would be ideal to have a braille edition of the test, give
your answers in literary and music braille, and have all of that perfectly
transcribed back into print.  But it is up to you to decide if you are ready
to invest all of the time, Entergy and money needed to complete that
process. 

I myself took lots of music theory tests orally either directly with my
instructor or using a trusted reader to both read the test and write my
answers.  But, as they say, one size does not actually really fit all.  :)

Regards,
Bill 


Bill McCann 
Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
www.DancingDots.com
Tel: [001] 610-783-6692

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[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:28 PM
To: menvi-discuss at menvi.org
Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Test transcription.

Hi all,

I'm supposed to take my first theory test tomorrow.  Originally, my teacher
was going to give me an alternative test using the exercises in my workbook
which would cover the same material on the printed test.  He gave the test
to my aid to braille though, and of course she does not know how to read
braille music, or music in general.  I tried to help her by telling her
basic music symbols and how to braille them, but she was having trouble
understanding the flat and sharp signs and certain things that I'll need in
order to have brailled in order to understand the questions on my test.

What I'm asking is, is it within the jurisdiction of a music transcriber to
transcribe tests?  I suppose future tests will have sections of music which
will need to be transcribed anyway, but the majority of the test will be
instructions.  Now, for example, we have questions that ask for notation of
certain intervals based on a starting note and a numerical interview value,
or to name an interval numerically based on it's two notes, etc.  This, of
course, would not be an issue, however accidental signs combined with a
complete unfamiliarity of the music code make it impossible for my braillest
to do the work.  (I felt so bad for her.  She was asking me how to notate a
key signature and she was thinking in terms of nimeth and asked me if she
should use a superscript before notating a flat sign).  If anyone has any
advice or tips on where I should go to get my tests brailled I would greatly
appreciate it.



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Kaiti

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