Re: EdSharp and brf files on win64
- From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:22:53 -0500
John,
Have you worked at all with Jamal to see if EdSharp could use the
backtranslation capability of the LibLouis translator? That might be a
possible solution.
Best regards,
Steve Jacobson
On Fri, 1 Jul 2011 13:58:50 -0500, John J. Boyer wrote:
>Quite frankly, I think that trying to make nfbtrans a 32-bit application
>would be more time-consuming than you think and would distract you from
>your other projects. There is something to be said for focusing on what
>is most important to you.
>John
>On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 12:17:39PM -0600, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
>> Steve:
>> I'm not really sure what you're aiming at. I could probably take a peak
>> at nfbtrans though if it would help you. I use c/c++ on a daily bases,
>> so it shouldn't be to dificult.
>> On 7/1/2011 12:10 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>> >Steve,
>> >
>> >Thanks. For anyone else who mayh be reading this thread, BrailleBlaster
>> >could use some experienced Java programmers. We are using SWT to create
>> >the interface, because it is accessible out of the box on multiple
>> >platforms.
>> >
>> >Experienced C programmers would also be welcome to help with some of the
>> >modules in liblouisutdml which is the braille translation engine for
>> >BrailleBlaster. These modules are currently only stubs. They are
>> >transcribe_chemistry, transcribe_music and transcribe_graphics.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >John
>> >
>> >On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 12:26:48PM -0500, Steve Jacobson wrote:
>> >>NFBTRANS is written in C. It is my understanding that besides changing
>> >>compiler options, one needs to look at all of the pointer definitions as
>> >>they don't
>> >>always translate from 16-bit to 32-bit.
>> >>
>> >>Since John Boyer is also on this list, I would like to make it clear that
>> >>I would not want to take resources or time away from John Boyer's Braille
>> >>Blaster
>> >>project which is in the process of creating a much more modern and
>> >>flexible open source braille translation solution.
>> >>
>> >>Best regards,
>> >>
>> >>Steve Jacobson
>> >>
>> >>On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:43:28 -0700, inthane wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>what is it written in? someone out here should be able to help you fix
>> >>>that!
>> >>>inthane
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>> >>>----- Original Message -----
>> >>>From: "Steve Jacobson"<steve.jacobson@xxxxxxxx>
>> >>>To:<programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:28 PM
>> >>>Subject: Re: EdSharp and brf files on win64
>> >>
>> >>>>We don't have a 32-bit version of NFBTRANS which is a free translator
>> >>>>and
>> >>>>backtranslator. At first, we heard that it
>> >>>>would be simple to recompile it, but there is more to it than that.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Best regards,
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Steve Jacobson
>> >>>>
>> >>>>On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:36:48 -0400, Alex Hall wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>Hi all,
>> >>>>>I just tried opening a brf file with edSharp, the first time I have
>> >>>>>tried that in quite a while. Here is the dialog that popped up.
>> >>>>>Obviously, this is on win64.
>> >>>>>Unsupported 16-Bit Application
>> >>>>>The program or feature
>> >>>>>"\??\C:\PROGRA~2\EdSharp\Convert\NFBTrans\NFBTRANS.EXE" cannot
>> >>>>>start or run due to incompatibity with 64-bit versions of Windows.
>> >>>>>Please
>> >>>>>contact the software vendor to ask if a 64-bit Windows compatible
>> >>>>>version
>> >>>>>is
>> >>>>>available.
>> >>>>>OK
>> >>>>>--
>> >>>>>Have a great day,
>> >>>>>Alex (msg sent from GMail website)
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