[liblouis-liblouisxml] Bible in braille (Was: Re: Message that should have gone to the list: [john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Re: Re: Is liblouis capable of preparing the Norwegian bible for embossing?])
- From: lars@xxxxxxxxxxx (Lars Bjørndal)
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:51:05 +0100
Hi, John and all!
First, I'm sorry that I started out the discussion outside the list. It
was because I sent I file privately to John, and that file should not be
published.
Thanks to all who has answered on this topic.
Paul Wood wrote:
> I presume you are not trying to also format the UBS way with verse
> numbers on a left hand column, as this is definately beyond anything
> I have seen that hasn't been specifically written for Bible
> formatting.
I don't know the UBS abbreviation. Anyway, I think this is what we would
like to do. Let me give an example. Please note that the period sign in
the sample is to mark a new verse, and the apostrophe is capital sign
(German braille character set):
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#a 'in the beginning was the
'word, and the 'word was
with 'god, and the 'word
b was 'god. .'he was with
'god in the beginning.
c 'through him all things
were made; without him
nothing was made that has
d been made. .'in him was
life, and that life was the
e light of men. .'the light
shines in the darkness, but
the darkness has not under-
stood it.
f .'there came a man who
was sent from 'god; his
g name was 'john. .'he came
as a witness to testify
concerning that light, so
that through him all men
h might believe. .'he himself
was not the light; he came
'john #a,a-h #a
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Here you can see that only the chapter has a number sign. Verse numbers
are written without preceding number sign. Also note the indents that
indicates a new paragraph. At the end of a verse, the translator has to
determine if there is room for some words of the next verse at the same
line (except if a new paragraph starts).
Do you think that liblouisutdml could be capable of doing this job?
Thanks and regards,
Lars
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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