Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people

[Hwaen Ch'uqi]

Greetings Jacques,

In truth, I hardly think the idea is silly. In fact, if my limited
historical knowledge of Braille generally is correct, something like
this was done before Napoleon's martial code was adapted by Louis
Braille. The drawback at that time was the sheer volume of a text and
thus its portability. But I wonder if, now 200 years later, some of
that bulk could be streamlined.

Hwaen Ch'uqi


On 9/13/19, Jacques Menu <address@hidden> 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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