[brailleblaster] Re: BrailleBlaster development continues.

  • From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: "brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2015 14:16:34 -0500

John,

I will check that out, thanks.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 9 Jun 2015 12:45:58 -0500, John J. Boyer wrote:

Hi Steve,

UEB tables are being devdeloped in liblouis. They are usable now, but
are being tweaked.

There is already a translator and formatter that uses liblouis. It is
liblouisutdml. Many people are using it, including Bookshare. You can
obtain both liblouis and liblouisutdml from http://liblouis.org

John
On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 09:21:56AM -0500, Steve Jacobson wrote:
John,

I had heard there is still some work that needs to be done to fully
implement UEB within LibLouis. Can you
comment
on that, and if so, is that a possible direction for your company?

When Braille Blaster tracking was part of this list, I was very impressed
with the work that was going on. It
seems likely that at some point there will be a pretty solid product coming
out of this work. Still, one of my
original fears was that this product is trying to do so much that it would
take some time to get it all correct.
I
do not see NFBTRANS as being updated to the point that it can do completely
accurate UEB, so I'm wondering if
there may not be room for a braille translator that would be simpler in
scope than BrailleBlaster that could
make
use of LibLouis. Perhaps this function could be handled by LibLouis and
that we only need some instructions how
to
make it happen. Any thoughts on this?

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 20:13:31 -0500, John J. Boyer wrote:

Hi Vic,

I've stopped progrfamming, but I'm still keeping track of
BrailleBlaster. My company, AbilitiesSoft is looking for a new project
to
sponsor, since both liblouis and BrailleBlaster have "grown up" and have
maintenance teams and websites.

John

On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 08:05:05PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
Hi John,

It is good to hear from you. I haven't seen anything from you for quite a
while. How are you doing? Are you still involved in BrailleBlaster? Thanks
for the response!


Best regards from Ohio,

Vic


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[mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
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Subject: [brailleblaster] BrailleBlaster development continues.

APH has moved it to a different repository. Hopefully there will be a
public release soon.

John

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John J. Boyer; President,
AbilitiesSoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.org
Madison, Wisconsin USA
We develop software for people with disabilities which is abailable at
no cost.




--
John J. Boyer; President,
AbilitiesSoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.org
Madison, Wisconsin USA
We develop software for people with disabilities which is abailable at
no cost.







--
John J. Boyer; President,
AbilitiesSoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.org
Madison, Wisconsin USA
We develop software for people with disabilities which is abailable at
no cost.







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