[duxuser] Re: flagainstone?
- From: Dave Durber <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:07:04 -0500
Steve and others on this list:
Let me explain, I just bought a new computer. I installed DBT 10.5
but forgot to install service pack 1 for 10.5. Having just installed
it, and having just performed the experiment by typing "flagstaff" and
"flagstone" as contracted words in a newly created braille file and
then transcribed it to print, both of these words were displayed
correctly in print, in other words, the ag/ was not transcribed as
against when converted to print rules.
However, when I typed "up/down", "down/up", "Left/right" and
"right/left" as contracted words in the same braille file, the words
"up/down" when transcribed to print showed correctly, that is, the
slash character remained in tact and the word down being uncontracted
correctly. Unfortunately, the slash character in the other three
example words, when transcribed to print, were uncontracted to the
letters st instead of being left as a slash character. So the three
words were displayed in print as: "downstup", "leftstright",
"rightstleft".
With examples such as the ones shown above, and there are certainly
other examples, I think that I have amply demonstrated the need for
user-definable rule files to take care of words that DBT does not
transcribe correctly in either direction, that is, from print to
braille or from braille to print.
There are things such as user-definable dictionary files in standard
word processors where an individual can add words and acronyms and
abbreviations.
How about it? You programmers at Duxbury!
Sincerely:
Dave Durber
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:53:42 -0500, you wrote:
>Dave,
>
>I'm using a variation of the American English Standard Literary template
>that I created. I don't think it has anything to do with the template,
>unless the template determines which tables are being used.
>
>Steve
>
>On Thursday 1/27/05 08:04 Dave Durber wrote:
>
>>Hello Steve:
>>
>>If you are getting the correct transcription of flagstaff in print
>>from the contracted braille word in DBT 10.5, what template are you
>>using to get the correct result. Because, when I typed flagstaff and
>>flagstone as they would appear in a braille file and then transcribed
>>the file to print, I got the same result as Ann.
>>
>>By the way, I performed this experiment in both 10.4 and 10.5 and got
>>the same result, that is, flagainstaff and flagainstone.
>>
>>Sincerely:
>>
>>Dave Durber
>>
>>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:19:05 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> >Ann,
>> >
>> >I'm using DBT 10.5, and I created a braille file with the word "flagstaff",
>> >backtranslated it, and got the correct result. I'm at a loss to understand
>> >why you didn't get the same result.
>> >
>> >Steve
>> >
>> >On Wednesday 1/26/05 18:13 Ann Byrne wrote:
>> >
>> >>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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