<div dir="ltr"><div>As others have mentioned, it is primarily designed for producing standard music notation, not Braille. There is a new and fairly experimental Braille export option, but it is rather limited compared to the various converters like BrailleMUSE. So in many cases, exporting from MuseScore to MusicXML and then letting BrailleMUSE will do better. But better results still can be obtained using software that is designed from the beginning to work with Braille, like GOODFEEL. Still, if you have a notion you might need to have music in both formats - print and Braille - then MuseScore is a great starting point.</div><div></div><div><br></div>As I mentioned here recently, I have produced a series of tutorials specifically for blind users, using the current version MuseScore 4:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFdhtLIXLPc&list=PLpx1s2WkyujYgLkA0r30sQGjVhWl4NKZ3">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFdhtLIXLPc&list=PLpx1s2WkyujYgLkA0r30sQGjVhWl4NKZ3</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>There is also a page on the MsueScore website dedicated to accessibility, with links to other resources:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://musescore.org/en/accessibility">https://musescore.org/en/accessibility</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>MuseScore 3 was already quite accessible but most only Windows using NVDA. MuseScore 4 improves on this by adding support for most all other major screen readers - JAWS, Narrator, VoiceOver (macOS), and Orca (Linux) - while also improving keyboard access to the interface in general. However, it's a pretty big change to the interface, so if you're accustomed to MuseScore 3, there is a bit of a learning curve.</div><div><br></div><div>Marc</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 6:05 AM Carol Sexton via Menvi-discuss <<a href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org">menvi-discuss@menvi.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8724027155968553589">
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<div>Once you borrow braille music, do you still return it or is it now in
digital format? I just borrowed some books, I have to return them to the library
for the lbind in Phila. They had told me that I could keep them. This is
Spanish. It is much to advanced for me so I do want to return. Anyway I still
always return braille music when I am finished with it.</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="menvi-discuss@menvi.org">Karen Gearreald via Menvi-discuss</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 20, 2023 6:55 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="menvi-discuss@menvi.org">'This is for discussing music
and braille literacy'</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="karen118@cox.net">Karen Gearreald</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Menvi-discuss] Dancing Dots, Good Feel, and Muse
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Good questions, Kim, as
always!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">If you want to create your own
braille music files via six-key data entry, Duxbury will do the job
delightfully, especially as you know how to use the Jaws alt-9 command to tell
you the page number, line number, and cell number of your document. You
can also use Duxbury to edit the “brf” music files which other transcribers or
braille users have created.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Not to be forgotten, either, are
the splendid services and skills of transcribers who can personally convert
music from print into braille for you. As you know, a wealth of such
transcriber-created music is available on the NLS BARD archive from the Library
of Congress, and the wealth grows from week to week.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">At the same time, it is
important to know about the Dancing Dots suite and all the other wonderful
software which is being discussed in the current MENVI messages. Those
programs, too, are evolving. As you come to know more about the software
and your own comfort level and the needs of your students, you can expand your
options. For the moment, as you are just beginning, I would use the
already available braille materials, supplemented by simple exercises that you
can create and emboss through Duxbury. You and your students will have fun
as you and they find ways to make music together. Singing is always an
option. You might also consider buying a simple Yamaha tabletop keyboard
so that you and your student can play together on separate
keyboards. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Karen Gearreald <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif""> Menvi-discuss
[mailto:<a href="mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org" target="_blank">menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kimberly Morrow via
Menvi-discuss<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 20, 2023 12:38 AM<br><b>To:</b>
'This is for discussing music and braille literacy'<br><b>Cc:</b>
<a href="mailto:drkimctvi@gmail.com" target="_blank">drkimctvi@gmail.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Menvi-discuss] Dancing Dots, Good Feel,
and Muse Score<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Embossing music in Braille—programs &
prices
I’minterested in knowing what programs are out there that allow one to write and
emboss music in Braille. I have Duxbury and JAWS, and am wondering what Good
Feel or dancing Dots do that Duxbury does not in terms of transcribing music
from a .brf file. Do people “here” have a preference of Good Feel versus Dancing
Dots? What about the cost of each program?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, how does Muse Score work? Is it fairly accessible, or
are there accessibility issues to work around?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks in advance!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kimberly<u></u><u></u></p>
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</div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Marc Sabatella<br><a href="mailto:marc@outsideshore.com" target="_blank">marc@outsideshore.com</a><br></div></div>