[Menvi-discuss] Screen Readers for "Brf" Music Files

[Jeanie Willis]

Hi Mark,

 

This looks intriguing and I hadn’t heard of it before.  I will definitely give it a check out at some point.

Will be interesting to see what it does or doesn’t read with NVDA and might be helpful in a learning situation for someone sighted learning Braille music.

I’m trying to create a little database of all these sorts of resources to point people in the right direction to.

 

Jeanie

 

From: Menvi-discuss On Behalf Of Marc Sabatella via Menvi-discuss
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 12:37 AM
To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
Cc: Marc Sabatella <marc at outsideshore.com>
Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Screen Readers for "Brf" Music Files

 

Assuming these BRF files are indeed Braille music and not just a text description, then as others have said, a screen reader isn't doing to know how to read them in a meaningful way.  But, programs like Toby Rush's Braille Music Notator <https://tobyrush.com/braillemusic/notator/>  may be able to help.  It can take the Braille music file and display it on screen in a format that can be read by sighted musicians - a clever hybrid that displays each Braille cell with an icon depicting its musical meaning using the symbols of standard notation.  I think it's possible a screen reader might be able read from the information provided there, but I'm not sure what that would actually sound like.

 

Marc

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