[duxuser] Re: Another item for the wish list
- From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 12:01:11 -0000
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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