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Braille Output: Keyboard Hand Signs not Used
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Description
Issue type
Accessibility issue (e.g. for keyboard-only or screen reader users)
Description with steps to reproduce
In keyboard music (piano, organ etc) it is customary that the hand signs (dots 4-6, 3-4-5 ⠨⠜ for right, dots 4-5-6, 3-4-5 ⠸⠜ for left, and dots 4-5, 3-4-5 ⠘⠜ for organ pedals) are shown at the beginning of each line of bar-over-bar music. These signs are currently omitted in export and if part names, clefs or other markers are added to the live Braille panel would need to be used for keyboard music instead of clefs (see 20154).
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What is the latest version of MuseScore Studio where this issue is present?
4.5.2
Regression
No.
Operating system
Windows 11
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