[duxuser] Re: DBT 10.5
- From: "Dawes, Stephen" <Stephen.Dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:12:31 -0600
Why can the product WinBraille, that is exclusively for index embossers,
claim to do this then?
Stephen Dawes <B.A., B.Sc.>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lloyd G. Rasmussen [mailto:lras@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 11:50 AM
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: DBT 10.5
>
>
> I suppose such a feature would have its uses. But, in
> general, the format of the braille you would get would be
> compromised. Most programs don't have style information in
> their text that DBT can use. The possibilities available can
> be examined by cutting some information to the clipboard,
> then using the Paste, Special dialog of WordPerfect, Word or
> some other application.
>
> There was a device on the market several years ago, called
> the Ransley Braille Interface, that did grade 2 translation
> of material sent through it from the printer port. The
> TurboBraille translator for DOS also used to have a feature
> for doing this sort of thing. In both cases, all formatting
> except perhaps paragraphs was lost.
>
> I find it not so bad to save a file as HTML, WPD, text with
> line breaks or DOC, then open that file in DBT; this can
> sometimes produce good results.
>
> At 11:37 AM 6/16/03 -0600, you wrote:
> > My question about DBT 10.5 is: Will 10.5 have the
> ability to do
> >direct embossing from other applications such as your web
> browser, word
> >processor, spreadsheet application, and email. I am using the swift
> >macros that have been written for word, but would like to
> see something
> >that would allow us to Braille directly, on the fly if you will,
> >regardless of the application that we are using. The best
> solution that
> >I can think of is to have a Duxbury printer defined as a printer so
> >that we then select the printer that we want to send the
> print job to and, voila. Steve Dawes
>
> Braille is the solution to the digital divide.
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
> National Library Service f/t Blind and Physically Handicapped
> Library of Congress (202) 707-0535 <http://www.loc.gov/nls/>
> HOME: <http://lras.home.sprynet.com>
> The opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily
> represent those of NLS.
>
>
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