Hi George and others,
The people in question are totally blind, so it sounds like a
wordprocessing program will do the trick. This does lead however to
another question. I've heard spotty information about a utility which will
allow someone to print directly from MS Word to an embosser, using Duxbury
as the translator, but bypassing the extra steps of opening DBT and
importing the file. Is this true? If so, where can I download this program?
Thanks, Scott
Hi Scott,
First, are those "several people" sighted or blind? This might seem a tactless question to ask, but if material is being scanned, it is almost impossible for a totally blind person to be 100% certain of what was on the page. (However an Optacon does help)
A scanning mistake could be made where it is as simple as an o as in orange, becoming a zero, or vice versa. Or "Apt. 1b" could be scanned as "Apt. 16"
However, scanning errors have to be corrected, and to be quite honest, Word or similar is best for this purpose.
Again, the type of material being scanned, and the nature of the user are essential in making a decision about what software to use.
I guess we really need a shade more information.
George W F Bell
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Hi all,
I know several people who might soon be doing work which would involve proofreading materials which have been scanned, and subsequently sending them to Duxbury for translation into braille. I'm wondering what advice I can give them about this process. Should they edit these documents, i.e. make corrections, after the initial scanning process? Or is it better to do this in a program such as Microsoft Word? And, does Duxbury offer a spellchecker or any other features which are contained in MS Word? Any other suggestions would help at this point, such as which scanning software, i.e. Openbook or Kurzweil. is best for this type of operation.
Thanks, Scott mailto:scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx
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