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Welcome to our MakeBraille Support Area¶
Providing help and advice for using MakeBraille - the online automated music Braille conversion tool developed by dzb lesen - helping you to create music Braille files automatically from MusicXML files, and from CapX files (print scores scanned using capella software).
We have grouped these help topics in a suitable order for new users. If there's something you need help with which we haven't covered in these pages, please email us and we'll be happy to help.
- Table of contents
- Welcome to our MakeBraille Support Area
Quick Links¶
| User Guide | How to use MakeBraille to create music Braille |
| capella Help | How to use capella tools to scan and mark up print scores into digital files ready for conversion |
| capella Optimizers | Download capella optimizers to check and prepare capella files for Braille conversion |
| What's New | Latest fixes, improvements and additions in MakeBraille |
| Documentation | Quick links to important MakeBraille documentation |
What is MakeBraille, and how do I use it?¶
MakeBraille is an online automated conversion tool, which creates music Braille files from MusicXML files and from CapX files (print scores scanned using capella software).
The process can be as simple as:- setting your configuration options (you may only need to do this once),
- selecting and uploading your file for conversion, and
- receiving your converted file by email, ready to emboss or read on a Braille display.
How to use MakeBraille¶
1. Essentials of MakeBraille:
Everything you need to know to get started, including introductory videos, quick-start guide, and full user guide.
2. How to Create Music Braille from a MusicXML file:
Find out what to do if you want a music Braille file and you're starting from a MusicXML file.
3. How to Create Music Braille from a Print Original:
Learn what to do to scan a print score, and how to mark it up suitable for conversion into music Braille.
Useful things to know¶
- Hodder is the name of our conversion engine which converts a file into music Braille. You don't interact with Hodder directly.
- MakeBraille is the name of the web-interface to the conversion engine Hodder; so you 'Make Braille with Hodder'.
- All our videos are accessible with narration, captions and/or a transcript, though may not work properly with the Edge browser.
- The videos may show an older version of the tools than you might be using, but the principles are the same in all versions.
- We will be adding new resources here as they become available. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, please email us and we’ll be happy to help.
- The product owner is dzb lesen (The German Centre for Accessible Reading), which is a non-profit agency for the blind based in Leipzig, Germany.
Acknowledgements¶
dzb lesen gratefully acknowledges the DAISY Consortium, funders and project team for supporting our development work during 2020 and 2021, through the DAISY Music Braille Project.
Contact us¶
If you have any feedback for us on existing functionality, have suggestions for new features, or if you need further help please email us.