Description:
PLAY2 aims at: starting some web sites with electronic library and search system; acquiring new Braille Music Code pieces, by translating Braille texts and transcribing 20th century ones (little is available in Braille), in compliance withcopyright rules; advertising the project and providing blind musicians with a free new BME editor; activating and managing the service and regularly informing all people involved about the project progress; Braille Music Code advertising and dissemination activities; and monitoring any sites and initiatives using PLAY2.
Objectives:
PLAY2 is aimed at offering blind people an easy approach to the IT world, by offering the opportunity of exchanging information with sighted users. PC tools are meant to solveseveral problems met by the blind. An easy system to compose music Braille scores, by converting them from most codes used by such commercial programs as Coda Music'sFinale is provided. Exchanging scores converted in Braille Music Code among blind users is another remarkable opportunity; PLAY2 also can successfully meet the needs of blind musicians, who are complaining that Braille scores are not very availablein libraries, and too long is taken to get texts, because they can be distributed as raised hard copies and by conventional mail only. IT can drastically help reduce the high costs of scores, especially when drafting has to be commissioned, and start a service for exchanging music texts among libraries to users.
Work description:
PLAY2 was generated from the needs of the users showing a great interest in PLAY. PLAY2 will enable them to organise their own virtual libraries, so as to receive more and more texts, to collaborate and exchange scores with sighted musicians.The whole PLAY2 activity will enable the institutes and libraries participating in the project to collect more and more material. These institutions will continue to collaborate in the initiative,even after the project completion.
- ACAPO, Portugal (Role: AC)
- ARCA Progetti SRL, Italy (Role: CO)
- Biblioteca Italiana per i ciechi "Regina Margherita", Italy (Role: AC)
- Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, Italy (Role: AC)
- KFKI Research Institute for particle and nuclear physics, computer network centre, laboratory of speech technology for rehabilitatio, Hungary (Role: AC)
- Organizacion nacional de ciegos espanoles, Spain (Role:AC)
- Unione Italiana dei ciechi, Italy (Role: CR)
- Université Paul Sabatier, France (Role: CR)
- University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (Role: AC)
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