[duxuser] Re: Question about Word and Computer Braille
- From: "Lloyd G. Rasmussen" <lras@xxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 08:05:50 -0400
DBT doesn't know what kind of computer braille is wanted when Courier font
is used. It switches into comp-display. style, the one with the blank
lines and no CBC indicators, when Courier is encountered, I think. It's
likely that you will want to use comp-inline instead, or a modified version
of comp-inline that includes CBC word breaking treatment. I don't think
DBT will know when each type of Courier is which. I noticed in one
document I transcribed from Word, that there was a [hyperlink] style
brought across from the Word document. If that style could act like
comp-inline, we would have the problem solved in some cases.
At 05:17 PM 5/15/03 +1000, you wrote:
>Hello everyone
>
>This is mainly a question for George. Actually, there are two questions.
>
>On Thursday May 15, George Bell wrote:
>If you make the web address Courier, you can then ensure that prior to
>Import, you make sure that in DBT, under Global, Word Importer, you check
>"Courier to CBC".
>...
>If you have SWIFT, there is an option there for dealing with Hyperlinks.
>
>George, this didn't work for me. I also cannot find reference to the Swift
>option.
>
>I made a simple file with Times New Roman as the default font. I changed
>the email addresses and Web reference to Courier New. I got computer
>Braille, but I got a starting dots 46, like an italic sign or underline
>before the first letter. I didn't consistently get the open and close
>two-cell signs, depending whether the Word document took a new line. With
>the Web reference I got a blank line before it and no computer code
>introduction sign. I did get the continuation symbol. I'm confused what to
>do to get the email addresses and Web references to come out correctly from
>an imported word file, with a minimum of manual intervention.
>
>The Test File I used is attached, if the attachment gets through. There
>were also some other anomalies with this file, such as the list. It's also
>possible that some styles are slightly out of place. The numbering in the
>Braille seemed a bit strange.
>
>I am using Windows XP-Pro, Word 2000, DBT 10.4 and JFW 4.51. I'm using the
>English Australian table - largely British contraction rules with the
>American computer code. I also tried, through Swift, to use the Standard
>template with American table. No improvement!
>
>Hopefully, there is something simple which I am doing wrongly.
>Alternatively, I hope that the treatment of email addresses and Web
>references in Word can be cleaned up in DBT 10.5.
>
>I want to crack this problem of automating email addresses and Web
>references. I soon have a document to deal with, one I wrote myself, that
>has to go into Braile. It is written with styles, so in theory everything
>should be okay; but it contains almost 200 Web references, all of which are
>currently in the default Times New Roman font as active links. I simply
>want to avoid manual intervention on each one, when getting its translation
>correct in Braille. Many Web references start on a new line in the print,
>but I don't want a blank line preceeding them in the Braille.
>
>Now I have a second matter to raise. I cannot understand why DBT does not
>recognise the commonplace bullets used by word. Is this because Braille
>doesn't have the requisite symbols to represent bullets? Can DBT be made to
>simply use 99 rather than *99 to represent bullets?
>
>all help is appreciated.
>
>Cheers
>
>
>Bill
>
>
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 2:19 AM
>Subject: [duxuser] Re: Question about Word and Computer Braille
>
>
>> Hi Deb,
>>
>> If you make the web address Courier, you can then ensure that prior to
>> Import, you make sure that in DBT, under Global, Word Importer, you
>> check "Courier to CBC".
>>
>> However be warned. Nothing else in the Word document should be Courier.
>>
>> If you have SWIFT, there is an option there for dealing with Hyperlinks.
>>
>> George.
>
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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