[duxuser] Re: translating print into braille
- From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:43:23 +0100
Hi Scott,
I think you mean SWIFT. This is a utility written by a clever British
guy. It started out life as simply a means of going from within Word
directly to DBT, and taking the open Word file with you into DBT.
And then the ability to emboss directly from within Word was added, and
then the ability to print braille from Word as added, and then, and
then, and then.
Look for files called dbt2.dot and dbw.doc on your 10.4 CD, or in
c:\duxbury, for details.
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Blanks [mailto:scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 April 2003 05:38
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: scott Blanks
>
> 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
>
> At 03:55 AM 4/14/03 +0100, you wrote:
> >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
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Blanks
> >Sent: 14 April 2003 03:42
> >To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Cc: scott Blanks
> >
> >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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