[duxuser] Re: Another item for the wish list
- From: Jhawley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:15:18 -0500 (EST)
George,
I have had to teach myself to use Duxbury and Braille over the years. I am a
sighted aide and would like to know if there is a tutorial for Word for Windows
to Duxbury. Since my new update of Duxbury, which I love, I found it is easier
to just work there and print directly from it. Am I doing all of this
incorrectly? (Setting up tests and worksheets for teachers). Juanita
Quoting George Bell <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I should stress that what I am about to say, mainly applies to the
> large
> number of sighted DBT users, for whom braille may be just a small part
> of their organisations daily work.
>
> If it were only practical, possible and above all, affordable, I'm
> sure
> Duxbury would ideally like to buy in some kind of licence for a top
> end
> Word Processor.
>
> My own attitude, which has developed over many years, is that the vast
> majority of editors in braille programs are just that - editors. They
> are for final last minute tweaking.
>
> As DBT has evolved, especially over the last year or two, I have
> tended
> to use Word for Windows as my primary preparation program.
>
> One of the main reasons for this, is that Word is so commonly used in
> the non-braille world, that it is much easier for me to develop a DBT
> user's existing Word skills, than try to teach them the intricacies,
> foibles and nuances of DBT's editor and codes right from the outset.
>
> Given a well formatted Word document, one can be in and out of DBT,
> and
> have the embosser rattling away in a relatively short time.
>
> Our biggest challenge when we run training courses, is to teach the
> proper use of Word itself. Styles and Templates being the area where
> most people get stuck. However, it is highly gratifying to hear
> students commenting on how much more efficient their daily use of Word
> has become as a result. Once they begin to understand such things in
> Word, when it is applied to braille, again it is more easily
> understood.
>
> One embosser manufacturer's tag phrase is, "We make it easy to produce
> braille". That's exactly what I aim to do when we are training
> people,
> especially those new to braille.
>
> Contrary to popular opinion, braille is not exactly rocket science.
> So
> let's try and keep as much mystery out of it as possible, and make
> braille more easily and readily available for its readers.
>
> George Bell
> Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Dresser [mailto:s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 24 January 2003 21:17
> > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [duxuser] Re: Another item for the wish list
> >
> >
> > On Friday 1/24/03 12:30 George Bell wrote:
> > >However, where do we draw the line between a braille translation
> > >package and a word processor?
> > I know what you're saying, George, but that line was obscured
> > the minute an
> > editor became part of DBTW.
> >
> > Steve
> >
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