[duxuser] Re: LaTeX to Braille
- From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:22:16 -0000
Hi John,
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your specific question. However, if you
don't have Duxbury 10.4 (SP1) yourself, feel free to send me a sample file, and
I'll see what happens.
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John J. Boyer [mailto:director@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 November 2002 16:09
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: LaTeX to Braille
>
>
> 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
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Computers to Help People, Inc.
> > > http://www.chpi.org
> > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703
> > >
> > >
> > > * * *
> > > * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org.
> > > * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with
> > > * unsubscribe
> > > * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also
> > > * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other
> subscription
> > > * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive
> > > * is also located there.
> > > * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com
> > > * * *
> > >
> > * * *
> > * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org.
> > * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with
> > * unsubscribe
> > * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also
> > * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other
> subscription
> > * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive
> > * is also located there.
> > * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com
> > * * *
> >
>
> --
> Computers to Help People, Inc.
> http://www.chpi.org
> 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703
>
>
> * * *
> * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org.
> * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with
> * unsubscribe
> * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also
> * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription
> * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive
> * is also located there.
> * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com
> * * *
>
* * *
* This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org.
* To unsubscribe, send a blank message with
* unsubscribe
* as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also
* subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription
* options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive
* is also located there.
* Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com
* * *
Other related posts:
