[access-uk] Re: Braille transcription programmesRe: Re: Braille transcription programme
- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 12:50:29 +0100
Steve, thanks for letting me know. Think I'll stick to WinBraille then
for all my Braille transcription needs; least the rule files can be
updated over the internet.
On Sat, 26 May 2007 00:24:07 +0100, "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> Hi Christopher,
>
> NFBTrans does not support current British Braille, so if that is
> important
> to you, it is a no-no.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Christopher Maule-Oatway
> Sent: 25 May 2007 16:56
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille transcription programmesRe: Re: Braille
> transcription programme
>
> Hello,
>
> A good, free, translation program is nfbtrans,
> which comes from the American National Federation
> of the Blind. It is a MS-DOS program, but runs
> well in Windows XP. A Windows front-end has been
> written for it. It is easy to use, and putting
> control commands into a document or making
> changes in the default tables gives it a lot of flexibility.
>
> The disadvantage of this program is that it only
> translates/embosses from a text file, so Word
> documents or RTF files have to be converted.
>
> Put nfbtrans in your favourite search engine to find out what you need to
> know.
>
> I use this program on Windows XP home, and my
> braille embosser is an Index Basic, which is
> coming up to its eighteenth birthday!
>
> I have tried Winbraille with some success and
> especially like the six-key entry feature and the
> foreign language braille tables. However, I have
> problems with line lengths and margins, probably
> because my embosser is old, and the line of code
> that Winbraille prints out at the top of each document is most annoying!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christopher
>
>
> At 14:17 25/05/2007 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hello Gena
> >
> >I have Home XP, JAWS and run an Index embosser.
> >
> >I have used WinBraille in the past but this has
> >developed a bug which I have not been able to
> >resolve. I then reverted to Cypher but this does
> >not provide sufficient flexibility in presentation.
> >
> >Duxbury and WinTrans have been suggested but at
> >£385 and over £800, this is too much. I did see
> >that WinTrans has a free demo version but one of
> >the limitations is 250 odd text entries.
> >
> >I don't mind paying a reasonable amount to
> >obtain an effective programme but these figures are too high.
> >
> >Peter
>
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