Launching the First Braille Music Translation App for macOS

We are pleased to officially release SM BungSang, a free Braille music translation app for macOS. The app converts MusicXML files into high-quality, accurately formatted Braille scores.

SM BungSang is developed based on the BANA Music Braille Code 2015 and the New International Manual for Braille Music Notation. It also incorporates additional features based on advice from experienced Braille music transcribers.

The software supports translation for single instruments, solo with accompaniment, as well as chamber and full orchestral scores. It offers multiple formatting styles, including bar-over-bar, line-over-line, and section-by-section. In addition, it provides a wide range of translation options to help create Braille scores in different formats and layouts, tailored to various readers’ needs and country-specific conventions.

For sighted transcribers, the software includes an option to show or hide the original print music view, making it easier to compare the Braille score with the original notation.

For more information and to download the DMG file, please visit the SM BungSang homepage.

If you’re looking for a Braille translation solution for Windows, you can try our Sao Mai Braille software.

We’re truly grateful to the Elizabeth Eagle Bott Memorial Fund, administered by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), for awarding us a £5,000 grant to support the development of SM BungSang in the first quarter of 2026.

We are a small non-profit organization based in Vietnam, primarily relying on project grants to carry out activities that support people with visual impairments. If you find our work useful, please consider supporting us through a donation or by referring us to potential funding opportunities where we can apply for project grants.

We’d love to hear from you. For any inquiries, please email us at: info@saomaicenter.org