[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Science and Engineering materials
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 20:37:06 -0600
Hi Leona,
We can already handle UKmaths. Handling UEB maths should be a matter of
reworking the liblouisutdml semantic-action file and the liblouis
tables. It would be best if someone who is familiar with it would
undertake this task.
John
On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 12:19:52PM +1100, Leona Holloway wrote:
> Hi John,
> Should I dare to ask about UEB maths?
> Leona
>
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> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Science and Engineering materials
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> From the start liblouis and liblouisutdml have been designed to be able to
> handle science, technology, engineering an mathematical materials.
> There are semantic-action files and liblouis tables for translating MathML
> into various mathematical codes, such as Nemeth, u,maths and Marburg math.
> Now liblouisutdml is adding the capabiloity to produce tactile graphs and
> other images. The math codes do need refining. Native users of them might
> wish to take a look. Tactile graphics are still under development.
>
> Translating MathML to a particular Braille mathematics code is done in two
> steps. First a semantic-action file is used to produce an inermediate text,
> which may contain any characters. Then liblouis tables are used to produce
> the final form in characters that will be mapped to the correct dot patterns.
>
> John
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