It is therefore important that from the outset of the project that we try to foster and encourage links with institutions not only within but also outside the European Union and with this in mind we hope to visit some of these institutions to explain and discuss the Miracle project. Naturally we also hope that we can find some mechanism for including our Russian and Lithuanian colleagues in the work of the project. Although it will mean some hard work, I sincerely hope that within two years other special libraries will have joined the system. This will mean that the majority of the potential client group could be served by the system as far as music is concerned. Braille is currently the only means in regular production whereby this can be done.
Production requires knowledge of music and braille music encoding.
It is labour intensive and therefore expensive. Four of the major braille music libraries have formed a shared catalogue of braille music, now there is a need to join the digital files to the database so that they can be shared. Both these forms are produced as digital files. Though production is in its first stages it is proposed to add these files to the catalogue. This will require testing to enter the files into the database, ensure that they can be accessed and transmitted successfully and read properly at the receiving end.