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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'>Hi Dewald,<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'>Did you manage to get this working?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>If not can I check the basic steps you have used. I have the Brailliant 40 which is the same software as the Mantis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> Open Musescore and open the musescore file you downloaded.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Go to File/Export and select xml from the first drop down box. In the second drop down box which you can arrow to after closing the first one with space bar or enter I usually select uncompressed, but maybe sao Mai is fine with compressed, I don’t use the older legacy one. Tab to export and save your file.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Open SMB and use Ctrl N to create a new print document.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Press Alt F11 to insert a musicxml and choose your file.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Press Ctrl T to translate.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Save your new Braille music file as brf.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Now it is quite possible that you might not be seeing music or anything else with your Mantis in sao Mai until some further set up is done of screen reader and other settings. So to eliminate all of the connection issues between the mantis, screen reader and various software can you move the file you have created to the books folder of the Mantis either by connecting it to your PC or via SD card, etc. Once it is in the books folder go to Victor reader from the main menu and then select book list and find the file and open it and see how it looks.<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 this is looking fine here then we can start working on how to get your Mantis connected correctly so that you can use it for music with the PC and edit the music also in the key brf editor.<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 the music doesn’t show correctly at this point can you e-mail either me or Ella the musescore file or a link to download it from musescore.com so we can give it a test? And maybe give us a heads up as to what bars these strange symbols you are seeing are in. I often find it useful to open the MuseScore file and take a look at a bar directly if the braille isn’t making sense, usually it is something I don’t know, rather than something Sao Mai has got wrong.<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'>Jeanie<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 be able to edit the filefurther on the Mantis then use the Key brf editor as Ella described, but I find the Victor reader easier to navigate for just reading. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><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>Dewald van Deventer via Menvi-discuss<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 26, 2023 11:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> menvi-discuss@menvi.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Dewald van Deventer <dewaldvandeventer@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Menvi-discuss] Help with score<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi list. 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