[brailleblaster] Re: shell extensions for Brailleblaster?
- From: "Vic Beckley" <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 17:26:46 -0400
Erik,
I have my system set up so that I can use the context menu to send documents
to BrailleBlaster. Here is the batch file I have placed in the
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo folder. I have BrailleBlaster installed
in the default location on a windows 7 64-bit system.
@Echo off
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "C:\Program
Files\brailleblaster\brailleblaster.jar" emboss %1 "Generic / Text Only"
You will have to modify the path to the Java installation and also the
printer name where the embosser is attached. This should be fairly easy to
do.
I also have the preferences.cfg and dtbook.sem files in the BrailleBlaster
programData folder set up so that they emboss with my preferred settings.
This works very well for me.
I hope this helps!
Best regards from Ohio,
Vic
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:36 AM
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: shell extensions for Brailleblaster?
I think the send-to option on the context menu of a file can be used to
send it to BrailleBlaster for translation and embossing. However, I am
not a Windows expert. You would also need a configuration file that
specifies cdllsPerLine and linesOnPage for the embosser and the correct
literaryTextTable .
John
On Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 02:40:57PM -0400, Erik Burggraaf wrote:
> Hi, all, Have we got any scripters who can work up some shell extensions
for the windows context menu for braille blaster? I have a learning
disabled client who could really use braille blaster, but she just isn't up
for the command line and the options she needs won't be in the GUI for quite
some time.
>
> It would be nice if I could get her a context menu option for windows
explorer that would simply translate a docx or txt file into grade one
braille and thump it out to the embosser.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Erik Burggraaf
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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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