You saw lmy message on this project earlier. I think we could consider it a sort of precursor to BraileBlaster. I have received a very favorable report off-list. It might be helpful for those who use Windows to install OpenOffice and then install otd2braille. The GUI could be instructive. I've downloaded the source code. reading it is also instructive. We may be able to use bits of it and get ideas from it. John B. -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities