[duxuser] Re: LaTeX to Braille
- From: "John J. Boyer" <director@xxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:09:20 -0600 (CST)
George,
Thanks for all the information. I have one question left. Can Duxbury now
import arbitrary LaTeX files and translate them? Could I get the LaTeX
version of a scientific paper from ArXiv, import it to Duxbury and get a
Braille translation. Of course I prefer the Nemeth code.
Thanks.
John
On Thu, 7 Nov
2002, George Bell wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> The Latex & Scientific Notebook component of DBT actually works very well.
> However, I do have to add a caveat.
>
> Being based in the U.K., I am principally concerned with British Maths
> Braille. Here, there are probably no more than a dozen maths braille experts
> who know the British code inside out. Thankfully over here, we have two or
> more absolutely excellent and highly supportive sighted braille maths experts
> (teachers) who have go over the translations with a fine tooth comb.
>
> They have provided us with specific examples of a very few errors and/or
> anomalies, which have enabled Duxbury to make corrections. Some of these
> have been relatively simple. For example, they found that while the Greek
> phi was being correctly translated, varphi was not. That was a genuine
> omission, and was simple and quick to fix. However some issues involving
> spacing rules have taken a shade longer, but will hopefully be resolved.
>
> Thankfully they have not found anything major or show stopping, and there are
> usually simple work rounds pending release of a new version of DBT.
> Meantime, teachers and maths students are delighted with the simplicity of
> what can be done.
>
> Unfortunately however, it's impractical to release a new version of DBT each
> time there is a minor fix, however you may be assured they will be part of
> the next release.
>
> All I can add is that if and when errors are found in DBT, they are carefully
> documented and reported in detail to Duxbury. If they are genuine "bugs" or
> errors, they will be recorded in the new Problem Tracking Database, given a
> number, and acknowledged to the person who reported it.
>
> George Bell
> Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John J. Boyer [mailto:director@xxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 07 November 2002 01:05
> > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [duxuser] LaTeX to Braille
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > I'm wondering what the LaTeX to Braille features are in DBT 10.4. I
> > understand that the limitation of accepting only Scientific
> > Notebook files
> > has been overcome. Further, it seems that DBT can also go
> > from LaTeX to
> > British maths. Is this correct? On the other hand, I have
> > heard that the
> > Nemeth translation produced by DTB is not accurate. What is the
> > correctness of this statement?
> > Thanks.
> > John
> >
> >
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