[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: BrailleBlaster GUI Ready for Feedback
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 21:56:05 -0500
The latest release of BrailleBlaster can be downloaded from
http://www.brailleblaster.org It is the first link on the page. Note
that most of the items on the menu and toolbar are inactive. This is for
examination and feedback.
To run it on the Mac you will have to replace swt.jar in the dist/lib
subfolder with the one for the Mac. I don't remember offhand the exact
link. Try Google with "swt.jar Mac".
The BUI will need some adjustment to conform with Mac system usage, so
your feedback will be very valuable.
Thanks,
John
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 10:11:49AM +0800, Greg Kearney wrote:
> Where can I download the GUI trial from I would like to give it a go on my
> Mac.
>
>
> Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media
> Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA
> PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100
> Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
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> Email: greg.kearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Email: gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
>
> On 09/05/2011, at 10:00 AM, Vic Beckley wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > The File/Open dialog locks up or maybe gets very sluggish when trying to
> > navigate the files to find one to open. This happened with both Window-Eyes
> > and NVDA.
> >
> > Vic
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> > Boyer
> > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 5:23 PM
> > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] BrailleBlaster GUI Ready for Feedback
> >
> > The prototype of the BrailleBlaster GUI is now ready for your
> > examination and feedback. You can download it from
> > http://www.brailleblaster.org It is the first link on the page.
> >
> > This is my Windows 7 64-bit brailleblaster folder zipped up. It iis
> > actually a Mercurial working copy, so if you have Mercurial installed
> > you can get updates by just typing hg update. However, it contains much
> > more than the Mercurial-tracked files. It also has all the jar files
> > needed and even the class files for BrailleBlaster. Of course, it
> > contains the source files in the src subfolder. These are tracked by
> > Mercurial.
> >
> > If you unzip this file in your C:\ drive you can run BrailleBlaster with
> > the command:
> >
> > java -jar c:\brailleblaster\dist\brailleblaster.jar
> >
> > This command can also be placed in a desktop shortcut. This is
> > recommended.
> >
> > When you run BrailleBlaster, you will see a window with a title bar,
> > menu bar, toolbar, text area and status bar. You can type in the text
> > area. The scrollbars work after you have entered some text. Initially
> > the text area displays "DAISY view". tHE BRAILLE VIEW IS ALSO PRESENT,
> > BUT THE DAISY view is on top. I still have to learn how to make its
> > background transparent and how to bring the braille view to the front.
> >
> > The options on the toolbar are just for examinationj. None of them are
> > active. They are all text labels. Images can be used instead if desired.
> > To see the toolbar use the Jaws cursor and explore the screen from the
> > top.
> >
> > Pressing alt activates the menu bar. The menus behave normally. Only a
> > few items on the file menu are active. The open and save items bring up
> > dialog boxes so you can see how they look and how they affect the window
> > and Jaws when they are closed. The exit item is also active.
> >
> > I will learn how to gray out unavailable menu items and how to attach
> > hotkeys and help to menu items.
> >
> > The welcome screen will be added after some more experience with this
> > prototype.
> >
> > Please give feedback on the list.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > --
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
> > For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >
> > For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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