Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people

[Dirk Koopman]

There is something called "Music Braille", invented by the man himself. 
But, I am reliably informed by an ex-chairman of the RNIB (a fine tenor) 
that it really is too much trouble to use because it is a) verbose b) 
requires a spare hand that would otherwise be playing the instrument and 
c) is made even more difficult when lyrics are involved.

So he learns his part, by ear, and just uses normal  braille for the 
underlay.

Dirk

On 13/09/2019 20:33, Jacques Menu wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I’ve thought of a possibility which surely others have already considered, and 
> I’m not sure whether the idea makes sense at all.
>
> This would consist in printing LilyPond scores in 3D on thin plates, analog to 
> was was done at the time when engravers built scores with pieces of metal.
>
> Maybe with a large enough scaling factor, such ‘printbossing’ would be readable 
> by trained braille readers with their fingers, benefitting from the non-linear 
> nature of graphical scores and the high quality of Lily’s scores. Such plates 
> could also be piled up without the risk of damaging the contents, which may 
> occur with embossed paper.
>
> What do you think? Please excuse me if my question is silly...
>
> JM
>
>
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