{"title":"Training","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll courses below are delivered online. To arrange for on-site training, please \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dancingdots.myshopify.com\/pages\/contact-us\" title=\"Contact Us\"\u003econtact us\u003c\/a\u003e. Dancing Dots can contract with your school district, rehabilitation agency, V.A. center or directly with private individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe accept purchase orders from schools and organizations in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"creating-accessible-scores-for-visually-impaired-readers-sighted-users","title":"Training: Create Accessible Scores","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis four-hour online course, \"Creating Accessible Scores\", is for blind or low vision students or a sighted or blind teacher who wants to learn how to teach the skills presented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSighted teachers learn best practices for preparing the Lime notation files to be transcribed into braille music with the GoodFeel application or to be viewed using the Lime Lighter features for musicians with low vision. Visually impaired students learn how to prepare accessible print music scores using the talking score  feature of the Lime notation editor. Blind and low vision musicians access the print score as braille music, talking scores, or magnified notes using Dancing Dots software.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will learn to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnter notes, lyrics, etc. directly into the Lime editor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScan with SharpEye Music Reader music OCR software, correct errors, and export to MusicXML format in order to import into Lime. Note: the error correction procedure of SharpEye is largely inaccessible to blind and low vision users.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImport MusicXML scores into Lime that were exported from numerous music notation applications popular with music educators such as Dorico and Sibelius\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover options for automatically transcribing your Lime scores to equivalent braille music using GoodFeel software or how to use special scrolling and magnification features of Lime Lighter to benefit low vision performers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptimize the talking score feature for JAWS or other screen readers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe course can be one-on-one or for a small class of two or three. We will tailor instruction based on which of our accessible notation products you wish to learn to use. Existing or prospective customers welcome. Evaluation versions of the software will be provided with a temporary authorization of thirty days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DancingDots","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40633989759125,"sku":"Course#1","price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0438\/6917\/5957\/files\/training-laptop-icon.png?v=1778619951"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-braille-music-for-beginners","title":"Introduction to Braille Music for Beginners","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in;\"\u003eLearn to read, sing and play melodies written in braille music found in the Lesson Exercises from \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.dancingdots.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-music-for-the-blind-student-part-i-print-and-braille-version\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAn Introduction to Music for the Blind Student, Part I\u003c\/a\u003e, by Richard Taesch. In this ten-hour online course, you will learn all of the concepts and signs presented in all four phases of Part I of Taesch’s course.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLearning Objectives:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in;\"\u003eLearn the differences between notating music in print and in braille.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in;\"\u003eImagine what Louis Braille was thinking when he designed his system for the blind to read music.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in;\"\u003eLearn the braille music notation for the seven notes of the scale written as eighth, quarter, half and whole notes (quaver, crotchet, minim and semibreve) and related rests.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in;\"\u003eUnderstand the function for the octave sign and rules for when to use it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in;\"\u003eRecognize the following braille music signs, concepts and usage: melodic intervals, names for the seven degrees of the scale as solfeggio syllables, letters and numbers, key and time signatures, bar lines (single, double and backward repeat), dotted notes and rests, measure numbers, repeat signs, piano fingering, major and minor tonality, accidentals, slurs, ties, pick-up measures, full and part-measure braille repeats.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRecommended Prerequisites\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in; padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eBraille Readers: proficiency in at least uncontracted literary braille.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in; padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eSighted Students: helpful but not absolutely required to have a basic understanding of print music notation. All exercises are presented in staff notation and corresponding braille font.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in; padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eYou’ll need to connect to Zoom for class meetings. Ideal but not required: low or high-tech way to write braille and use of a piano or musical keyboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in; padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eCall us to discuss your need for training and to ask anything about the course.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eScheduling and Class Size\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0.11in; padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eCourses will be scheduled on a rolling basis. A minimum of three students required. Every effort will be made to schedule to suit the needs of all students. 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