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PLAY is musical software aimed at blind musicians. It consists of a musical editor to input and edit Braille music texts, to store texts in PLAY code, to convert them into available codes (ETF, MIDI file, NIFF), to print raised Braille, to listen to the music through a MIDI synthesizer and access music archives through an Internet interface.
PLAY follows up studies on the integration of the disabled (also in schools) and access to data and facilities for blind people. It offers blind musicians the opportunity of producing, printing, playing music and communicating with other commercial programs used by sighted people. Learning music is one of the most significant educational activities carried out in schools for blind children. A limited amount of Braille music texts is available in music schools and transcription centres. Yet it is hard for music teachers to provide and translate them quickly and cheaply for their blind pupils. The PLAY editor allows translation of Braille notation (the only standard system - the International Manual by the World Blind Union - is little known in Europe) into a single code (PLAY) and then further translation into available codes. Telematics would prove particularly useful in disseminating translated texts for music teachers and blind pupils. A study of Braille texts has helped to develop a device for recognizing Braille notation and a user interface compatible with IT devices normally used by the blind (Braille line-voice synthesis). A prototype is being tested.
Project URL : http://www2.univr.it/playp/
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