[brailleblaster] Re: Hi All

Alex,

People who use braille displays can read ASCII braille by simply 
turninng off Grade 2 translation. In Jaws this is easy. I have used it 
to read files that have already been translated. Of course, for speech 
ASCII braille would sound like a horrible mess. But people who use 
braille displays, as I do, will like it.

At the moment I can't remember all the reasons for making BrailleBlaster 
an independent project. One of them was not to force people who just 
want a translation package to put up with all the overhead of MSWord or 
Open Office. The people at ViewPlus Technologies will probably give you 
other reasons when they return to work on Monday.

John B.

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 09:10:14PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> I have had a look through the specification that you sent me earlier.
> 
> >From the looks of it, there is a gaping hole where screen readers are 
> >concerned.
> 
> We face a big problem when exposing the Braille text on-screen because most 
> screen readers cannot understand ascci Braille to output the level of 
> information that is required by the end user. I feel that this is a giant 
> "accessibility hole".
> 
> Why is this code not merely an OpenOffice.org plugin? Most of the UI and 
> importing code would have already been done then. This would also provide a 
> more seemless experience for users.
> 
> 
> Alex Jurgensen,
> AWEBSIGHT Administrator,
> ICE Customer Care,
> VoiceOver Trainer,
> ASquared21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                  
> 
> Visit us on the web at: http://www.visionmail.uni.cc/
> 
> On 2010-07-10, at 8:50 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> 
> > Alex,
> > 
> > Welcome aboard. I think what  you could do now is read through the 
> > specification to see if you can spot potential accessibility problems. 
> > We are just getting started, and we certainloy don't want to encounter 
> > accessibility problems down the road. You will probably come up with 
> > ideas of what you can do on your own as development proceeds.
> > 
> > For those who haven't seen the specification, I am attaching it here. It 
> > is an html file. It's also on the brailleblaster project page at 
> > googlecode.
> > 
> > John B.
> > 
> > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 07:48:02PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >> 
> >> I am a developer with experience with both the Mac and Linux environments. 
> >> I specialize in Universal Accessibility.
> >> 
> >> I was hoping to be a valuable contribution to this project.
> >> 
> >> Is there a particular task that I could do?
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> Alex,
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Alex Jurgensen,
> >> AWEBSIGHT Administrator,
> >> ICE Customer Care,
> >> VoiceOver Trainer,
> >> ASquared21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       
> >> 
> >> Visit us on the web at: http://www.visionmail.uni.cc/
> >> 
> > 
> > -- 
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> > 
> > <bb_spec0.1.html>
> 

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities

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