[Menvi-discuss] piano methods

[Bettie & Bill Downing]

Never happen.  Too costly and not enough clients to make it worth the money.



On Jun 6, 2014, at 10:45 AM, Marc Sabatella wrote:

> As a sighted educator, composer, and author of educational materials myself, who is a newcomer to thinking about accessibility issues, my opinions might be a bit naive, but here goes:
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> I think it's kind of shameful the lack of attention given to this in the music publishing industry.  It seems we're in the position that the software industry was in 30 (?) years ago.  Somehow, even though they don't all do a good job of it, software developers as a culture decided to own the problem of making their products accessible; they don't expect others to do it for them.  Of course, it made technological sense to do it this way.,  It's harder to "translate" a software application after the fact; it's easier to bake accessibility in.  But I think it also makes sense for music.  It's the music publishers who have the "source code" for the music they publish.  With the right tools, training, support, and resources, it would be easier and cheaper for a music publisher to produce Braille editions of new titles in their own catalog than it would be for an independent Braille transcriber working just from the print edition.  Of course, this would require an upfront investment - and the necessary tools & infrastructure would need to be put in place  before it would start to pay off.
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> I wonder what would happen if laws like the ADA were expanded to require publishers to put out Braille editions of their work in order for it to be accepted for use in public schools?  Or perhaps some sort of subsidy / tax credit to give them incentive to do so?
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> Marc
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