[duxuser] Re: Question about portabooks

  • From: "Stephan Britt" <AID9092@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:37:07 -0500

Are NBP books readable with braille displays using DBT, or does one have to 
purchase a decryption key, like with Bookshare books?


Steve Britt

>>> david@xxxxxxxxxx 9-26-2005 03:03:55 PM >>>
It is my understanding that the CD-ROMs containing braille formatted files 
from NBP come with a program called Embossit 2.0. Embossit is written by 
Duxbury Systems to make the embossing of braille formatted files as easy as 
possible.

As part of the agreement between Duxbury Systems and National Braille Press 
is that it is National Braille Press's job to do tech support for the 
copies of Embossit that are distributed on their CD-ROMs.

Part of the idea behind Embossit is that embossing braille formatted files 
should be easier than dealing with the average braille project.

What is the carriage length and form length? It is the dimensions of the 
page already embedded in the file. Thus Embossit does not ask you page 
dimensions. Once you specify the file, it already knows the page dimensions.

All DBT users are welcome to emboss braille formatted files with DBT, if 
they choose. But you might get exactly the same result with a lot less 
complication just by using Embossit.

-- David Holladay
Duxbury Systems

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