An Interview With Bill McCann From Dancing Dots

In this episode of White Canes Connect, Lisa and Stacie speak with Bill McCann from Dancing Dots. Bill talks about how he started the business 30 years ago and how it has evolved over the decades. He gives a demo of GOODFEEL®, their signature software, and even composes a short song called Cello for Stacie. His software allows visually impaired musicians to independently read music, write their music down, and record their music. Show notes at https://www.whitecanesconnect.com/045 About Dancing Dots Dancing Dots created GOODFEEL®, the world's first commercial braille music translator software, and has pioneered the area of creating what Bill calls "accessible scores." Read more at https://dancingdots.com/. Meet Bill in person at this year's State Convention (registration info below.) Dancing Dots On YouTube Visit the Dancing Dots YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/DancingDotsAccess. Learn more from these specific videos: 4-minute video summary of their software's interactive talking braille score feature. Ten-minute overview of accessible music Notation software from Dancing Dots, including demonstration of scanning music with SharpEye Music Reader music OCR software. Three-minute tutorial: changing instrumental sounds in the Lime notation editor. Selective Playback and Transcription Features of Lime and GOODFEEL. Listen to the presentation "Interactive Features for Blind and Low Vision Musicians" on Dancing Dots' YouTube channel: 2022 NFB of PA State Convention Registration Now Open This year's State Convention is in Pittsburgh from November 10 through November 13. Register online at http://nfbp.org/convention/reg. To make your hotel reservations at the Sheraton Station Square, call (412) 261-2000. Give Us A Call We'd love to hear from you! We've got a phone number for you to call, ask us questions, give us feedback, or say, "hi!" Call us at (267) 338-4495. You have up to three minutes for your message, and we might use it on an upcoming episode. Please leave your name and town as part of your message. Follow White Canes Connect Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon | IHeartRadio Connect With Us If you've got questions, comments, or show ideas, reach out on Twitter. We are @PABlindPodcast. You can also email us at [email protected].