[accessibleimage] Re: FW: [QuickTacBeta] QuickTac 4.0 Beta 1 is ready

Hi,
Have just made a quick try of the new QuickTac (nee QikTac). Very
interesting. The user interface is more like Windows. 

Anding text is an interesting feature. There is a seperate window for
this, where you can see the braille you are writing. In addition you can
also put in embossed print text for people that don't read Braille. You
get to chose the font from a drop down menu- that has all the fonts are
your PC. That means you can use things like wingdings. That is for each
letter you type you get a symbol instead. So by using fonts that are
symbols you can get a lot of ready made tactiles. 


I have made fonts that are pictures, and I tried that font out. Did not
work too well. But think if fonts are designed with using this QuickTac
feature, might be able to expand suitable picture fonts.  The picture
fonts I made worked OK for swell and Tiger. Is perhaps a question of
resolution.


Couldn't find an instruction manuel. The help window is still being worked
on.  It is pretty easy to figure out what is what.

Page formating was also nice.

Regards,
Lisa






accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx skrev 16. mars 2007 kl. 01:11 +0000:
>Some of you may be interested in the following announcement
>from Duxbury.
>
>George W F Bell
>Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: quicktacbeta-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:quicktacbeta-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter
>Sullivan
>Sent: 15 March 2007 20:13
>To: QuickTacBeta@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [QuickTacBeta] QuickTac 4.0 Beta 1 is ready
>
>Team QuickTac,
>
>Thanks for your patience.  It's been a wild ride of late.
>
>Beta 1 for QuickTac 4.0 for Windows is available now at
>http://www.tactileaudio.com/QuickTac.htm
>
>This is a public beta, so be sure to pass word on to anybody
>whom you think
>will be interested in a new tactile graphics program.
>During beta 1, we
>hope principally to ensure that any remaining issues with
>embosser driving
>are worked out.  I'm certain that there will be some issues.
>But I'm also
>confident that we'll be able to work through these quickly
>for the ViewPlus,
>Index, and Enabling embosser families.  Adding support for
>other embossers
>entirely will be an interesting project, and one that we'll
>gladly
>undertake, but it is beyond the scope of Beta 1.
>
>Also, please note that Windows 98 and Windows ME are not
>officially
>supported in this release, though we've found that QuickTac
>4.0 does run on
>these platforms, with some limitations.
>
>Thanks very much for your help so far.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Peter
>



Lisa Yayla
Huseby Kompetansesenter 
Oslo Norway
lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx

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