DANCING DOTS REFERENCE GUIDE

RESOURCES FROM DANCING DOTS FOR BLIND MUSICIANS,
THEIR EDUCATORS AND SUPPORTERS

Do you serve students who need to learn to read music braille in order to
participate in general music classes, school ensembles or any educational
situation where sighted peers are reading conventional print? music?

Resource:
AN INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC FOR THE BLIND STUDENT, PART I & PART II
by Richard Taesch

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PIANO FOR THE BLIND STUDENT
by Richard Taesch

www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/currdet.htm

TACK-TILES(R) for Music
www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/tacktile.htm

Do you serve students who need to receive braille music materials much more
quickly, keeping production on the local level?  Are you yourself a blind
musician who wants to produce braille editions of the same computer music
files used to create printed versions of scores?

Resource:
The GOODFEEL(R) Braille Music Translator & GOODFEEL Lite from Dancing Dots
www.dancingdots.com/goodfeel.htm

Do you or your blind students need to express musical ideas in print (e.g.
music theory assignments, original compositions or arrangements)?

Resource:
Sibelius and Sibelius Speaking scripts and tutorial
www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/sibel-ad.htm

Cakewalk SONAR with CakeTalking scripts & tutorial from Dancing Dots
www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/CakeTalkingForSONAR.htm

Do you or your visually impaired students need to independently produce high
quality sound recordings for radio or TV productions, theatrical works or
creative self-expression?

Resource:
Cakewalk SONAR with CakeTalking scripts & tutorial from Dancing Dots
www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/CakeTalkingForSONAR.htm

Do you or your student need training in the use of technology from Dancing
Dots or in braille music reading?

Resource:
Training seminars and one-on-one training options from Dancing Dots
www.dancingdots.com/events.htm
or call 610-783-6692.

Are you in need of any of the related assistive technology or music hardware
and software which Dancing Dots carries such as braille embossers, displays,
note-takers, JAWS screen reader, MIDI interfaces and high-end soundcards?
www.dancingdots.com/productsandservices.htm

Bill McCann
President
Dancing Dots