A COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM TO ENABLE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT USE THEIR HANDS WELL, OR AT ALL, TO PRODUCE MUSIC WITH THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION
G DALGARNO · 2024
11rme -Physical disability.preventing normal use of the hands, makes no difference to a person s inherentmusicality, but unaided, such a person can neither arrange, compose, nor perform music.ll number of computer packages exist which can be used to arrange or compose music.To make a suitable package available to a person with sucha disability, two approaches are possible, to adapt an existing commercial package or to develop a purpose designed system.There is an obvious limitation to the adoption of the first method in that the program source code will almost certainly not be made available.But various keyboard ormouse emulators can be used with some programs, which then "think" they are being driven in the normal way.Such anemulator may work with just one or two switches, possibly operated by head movements.Such operation is invariably clumsy and slow, and a purpose designed approach can give advantages: much greater speed.many less physical movements required, and more natural operation.