[duxuser] Re: User-defined rule files (was flagainstone?)
- From: Dave Durber <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:50:07 -0500
Hello Steve:
I think it would be better to have two user-definable rule files as it
would keep the two processes separate. Trying to perform both
braille-to-print and print-to-braille exception rules in one
user-definable rule file, might not only be confusing for DBT but also
for any user creating the exception rules.
Sincerely:
Dave Durber
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:34:08 -0500, you wrote:
>Dave,
>
>I had a similar thought, but I called it an acronyms dictionary. I like
>your idea of having a file for back-translations as well. Maybe one file
>could be used for both forward and backward translation rules, but that's
>something the developers can work out later.
>
>Steve
>
>On Wednesday 1/26/05 22:32 Dave Durber wrote:
>
>>With all due respect, it is not whether DBT is not smart enough to
>>recognize the context rule for transcribing words such as flagstaff
>>and flagstone, it is the fact that it has not been taught the context
>>rules for those types of words and how they should be uncontracted
>>when they are transcribed from braille rules to print rules.
>>
>>I dare say, those of us who are familiar with transcribing files from
>>braille to print, could give many other examples where DBT performs
>>incorrect transcriptions from braille to print.
>>
>>In my opinion, DBT is lacking an extremely useful feature, that is,
>>two user-definable rule files. For example, if you wanted words such
>>as flagstaff and flagstone to be correctly represented in print when
>>you transcribed a file from braille to print, you would type those two
>>words as they appear in a braille file followed by the way they are to
>>appear in print. There should be another user-definable rule file
>>that does the same thing but in reverse, where the word is typed as it
>>appears in print then you type the word as it is to be shown in
>>braille.
>>
>>The advantage in having a feature as described above, is that you can
>>build many user-definable rule files for many types of situations.
>>For example, if you transcribe files from print to braille or from
>>braille to print for several individuals who are members of different
>>professions, you can build rule files that contain the abbreviations
>>for the various professions to which those individuals belong. Also,
>>you will know that they will be transcribed correctly in whichever
>>direction you are performing the transcription, providing you enter
>>them correctly, of course!
>>
>>Sincerely:
>>
>>Dave Durber
>>
>>On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:18:50 -0800, you wrote:
>>
>> >Actually, it is back translating "agst" to against, as "agst" is the
>> >short-form word for "against."
>> >
>> >The problem is context. Duxbury is not smart enough to realize that this
>> >time "agst" is just "agst."
>> >
>> >If you know the short-form words, you will recognize that Duxbury makes this
>> >type of back translation error frequently.
>> >
>> >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> >Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
>> >Alternate Media Training Specialist / Instructor
>> >High Tech Center Training Unit
>> >De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
>> >408.996.6043
>> >www.htctu.net
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> >Behalf Of Ann Byrne
>> >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:13 PM
>> >To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Subject: [duxuser] flagainstone?
>> >
>> >I have used Duxbury since DOS, and it's an awesome program. One consistent
>> >error it makes, however, in back translating from Braille to print is
>> >interpreting the 'ag/' in 'flagstone' and 'Flagstaff' as 'against.' this is
>> >totally non-serious for me, but I was a little surprised that even in
>> >Version 1.05 it's there.
>> >
>> >It would be a nice fix sometime.
>> >
>> >
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