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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I would second Ella’s suggestion of giving MuseScore a go.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It is very accessible and there are a few of us here who are quite proficient with it that can assist you if you need some help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The advantages of using MuseScore over the text based system are that you can hear the music as you are inputting it. You can export to mp3 or to xml to import into other music software. It creates good looking fully customisable print scores and with a screen reader will read out all the notes and other elements to you as you input them. There is also a vast library of music created by other users that you can download from.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>If you want to give it a go just go to <a href="http://www.musescor.org">www.musescor.org</a> to download, it is free. It works straight away with your screen reader without any Add ons, but you will need to learn some how to navigate around it and other shortcuts. There is a basic user guide for accessibility for this that you can download to read and I have lists of shortcuts and other tips.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hope that helps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jeanie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Menvi-discuss <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ella Yu via Menvi-discuss<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 13, 2023 5:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> This is for discussing music and braille literacy <menvi-discuss@menvi.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Ella Yu <ellaxyu@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Menvi-discuss] My first mail<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, I have not used Lilypond personally, but I agree with Bruce's thoughts. Lilypond is accessible because it is a completely text-based system, but you kinda have to think like a coder, so it is not intuitive. If you want to notate music in notation software, learning something like MuseScore (which is also very accessible) would be far more efficient.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 8:36 PM Bruce Maguire via Menvi-discuss <<a href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org">menvi-discuss@menvi.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Siddarth<br><br>Welcome to the list. I haven't used Lillypond extensively, but I did a bit<br>of experimenting with it earlier this year as part of my search for an<br>accessible and accurate way of getting my musical compositions out of my<br>head and on to the page with a view to sharing them. Because Lillypond is<br>text-based (a bit like LaTeX in the maths world) it's potentially very<br>accessible, but you have to be comfortable with thinking symbolically and<br>applying rules to construct musical notes from their individual elements<br>(pitch, duration, etc.). One significant limitation with Lillypond is that<br>you can't export its notation to other formats like MusicXML, unless there<br>have been recent changes that I'm not aware of. You can, however, print<br>scores as pdf files, and you can share the notation files that contain the<br>text with other Lillypond users, but overall it's a fairly closed system.<br>That might be fine of course, depending on what you want to do with it.<br><br>Best wishes<br>Bruce<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Menvi-discuss <<a href="mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org" target="_blank">menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org</a>> On Behalf Of Siddharth<br>Keshri via Menvi-discuss<br>Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 3:13 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:Menvi-discuss@menvi.org" target="_blank">Menvi-discuss@menvi.org</a><br>Cc: Siddharth Keshri <<a href="mailto:siddhkesh@gmail.com" target="_blank">siddhkesh@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: [Menvi-discuss] My first mail<br><br>Hello friends,<br>I am Siddharth Kumar Keshri from India. I like to play flute and keyboard.<br>Friends, I have a question regarding Lilypond music software. Does anyone<br>from this list use it? If yes, then kindly share your experience regarding<br>its accessibility. I am asking this question, because on their website<br>called <a href="http://lilypond.org" target="_blank">lilypond.org</a>, they have mentioned, that some Visually Impaired people<br>also use this software; as it is a text based application.<br>--<br>With warm regards<br>Siddharth Kumar Keshri<br><br>---------<br><br>Thank you for subscribing to MENVI. Should you wish to unsubscribe, change<br>your delivery, or set any other options available to you, please view the<br>list information page below. 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