#Introduction

Fur Elise is a project aimed at translating digital music sheets to speech for the visually impaired.

#Run

Environment: node - v6.4.0, npm - v3.10.3

Get Node Version Manager:

$ curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh -o install_nvm.sh
$ bash install_nvm.sh
$ source ~/.profile
$ nvm install 6.4.0
$ nvm use 6.4.0
$ node -v   //output v6.4.0
$ npm -v   //output v3.10.3
$ npm install bower -g

$ cd path-to-fur-elise/frontend
$ npm install

$ cd path-to-fur-elise/frontend/app
$ bower install

$ cd path-to-fur-elise/text2speech
$ npm install

Run front-end and text-to-speech service

$ cd path-to-fur-elise/text2speech
$ npm install
$ node index.js

// Open a new terminal
$ cd path-to-fur-elise/frontend
$ npm run english or npm run chinese

// Web app will run at http://localhost:8000

#Deploy in Google Cloud

$ [sudo] npm install forever -g

// To start & stop frontend:

$ cd path-to-fur-elise/frontend

$ forever start -c "npm run english" ./

$ forever stop -c "npm run english" ./

// To start & stop text2speech:

$ cd path-to-fur-elise/text2speech

$ forever start index.js

$ forever stop index.js

#Use This web app is designed to be friendly to visually impaired. All interactions can be done by keyboard. However you can still use mouse as you want.

• Enter - confirm input or select
• Left - move left
• Reft - move right
• Up - change to right hand score
• Down - change to left hand score
• ESC / Delete / Backspace - clear input
• Ctrl + 1 - go to "Search" page
• Ctrl + 2 - go to "My Favorites" page
• Ctrl + 3 - go to "History" page