[Menvi-discuss] piano methods

[Marda]

Mark, that would sure be nice.  I think though that most publishers would 
say there is too small a market to make it worthwhile for them and would say 
it was a financial hardship.
Marda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Sabatella" <marc at outsideshore.com>
To: <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] piano methods


> 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:
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> Marc
>
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