From: George Bell
Sent: 10 February 2016 22:13
To: duxuser-repost@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: SWIFT Announcement from Duxbury Systems
Hi All,
SWIFT is in the final stages towards being formally released, and has seen
quite a few additional features added since the December Beta. If you have
DBT 11.3 (SR1) and would like to try it out, ask questions, and comment
freely and constructively on your findings, please read on.
So what is SWIFT? It is a dot com add-on for Word which adds a "Braille"
tab to the ribbon.
It allows you to open a document in Word, edit where required, and Open in
DBT. But that's just a start.
Swift's Style Map allows you to select any DBT Template you wish to use when
opening in DBT. You can also "Map" Word's Paragraph and Character Styles
where the selected DBT Template does not show the Word Style as have a Style
associated with it in DBT.
For BANA users, SWIFT will let you select a BANA Template which will be
applied to the Word document. From there, you can apply BANA Styles to the
Word document itself.
As well as being able to open your Word document in DBT from Word, you can
optionally select text in your Word document, and only open the selected
text. Moreover, it is also possible to select non-contiguous sections of
text. A good example where this has helped a user, is to select only
MathType equations in a document, then select to open just the selection..
Result is the ability to check equations without all the regular text.
An additional feature is that SWIFT now adds the name of the DBT Template
used to the Word Document. For those who use different DBT Templates, this
is a huge bonus.
I've repeated below most of Neal Kuniansky's December message below which
give details of what is now Beta 5, and the list details where you can ask
questions, comment, etc..
George Bell.
Dear DUX:
A new beta version of SWIFT, our Microsoft Word Add-In for DBT customers,
is ready.
We've made substantial improvements to the product and will be pushing hard
to have a release-quality product ready by the end of Q1 2016.
SWIFT is free for all DBT customers, but requires DBT 11.3 SR1 to actually
transcribe braille.
Word 2007 or newer is recommended for SWIFT.
SWIFT with MS Word 2003 may have some functional and accessibility issues
For more information, or to join the beta program, go to
<http://www.duxburysystems.com/swift.asp>
http://www.duxburysystems.com/swift.asp
Please be sure to read through the installation instructions!
And read through the instructions for getting on the SWIFT beta email list.
(The email list should be used for all questions related to SWIFT during the
beta test period.) The SWIFT development team is eager to hear from you and
to showcase our recent work.
Warm Regards,
Neal for the entire team here on the pond!
Cheers,
Neal Kuniansky
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