This message was originally sent to the BrailleBlaster list. Some of you may also wish to join in the testing. As stated, in another message to that list, communication between a Java program and liblouisutdml is by means of String constants for things like file names and Byte arrays containing UTF-8 for both input and output data. Things like input and output positions are communicated by Int arrays. Bindings tgo liblouis functions are supplemented with a parameter for a log file name. Here is a list of methods and their functions. Method: Function version: returns the versions of both liblouis and liblouisutdml translateString: binds to lbu_translateString (liblouisutdml) backTranslateString: binds to lbu_backTranslateString translateFile: binds to lbu_translateFile translateTextFile: binds to lbu_translateTextFile backTranslateFile: binds to lbu_backTranslateFile charToDots: binds to lou_charToDots (liblouis) dotsToChar: binds to lou_dotsToChar checkTable: binds to lou_getTable compileString: binds to lou_compileString setDataPath: binds to lou_setDataPath charSize: returns character size used by liblouis setWriteablePath: binds to lbu_setWriteablePath free: binds to lbu_free file2brl: emulates file2brl command louisTranslateString: binds to lou_translateString louisTranslate: binds to lou_translate hyphenate: binds to lou_hyphenate louisBackTranslateString: binds to lou_backTranslateString louisBactTranslate: binds to lou_backTranslate setLogFile: binds to lou_logFile logMessage: binds to lou_logPrint logEnd: binds to lou_logEnd -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities ----- End forwarded message ----- -- 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