[access-uk] Re: Braille transcription programmesRe: Re: Braille transcription programme
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 17:12:17 +0100
Hi Patricia,
One thing Mega has in its favour though, is that you have so much control of
the Braille output, you could almost reprogram it yourself. It has many
things that even Duxbury lacks, such as Acronym rules built in, no using
Swift, and a very clever ruling for acronyms in my view. If it is not in
the spell checker dictionary, and if it is all in upper case, then it
assumes a letter sign if British Capitals are not used. If you then don't
want a letter sign, just add it to the spell checking dictionary. Duxbury
could still learn a lot from the Mega code, even though they own it <Smile>.
All the best
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Patricia Fraser
Sent: 26 May 2007 11:55
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille transcription programmesRe: Re: Braille
transcription programme
Hi Steve,
> What would bother me is the fact that you say it is not being developed
for
> much longer. That means if BAUK start looking for more work and changing
> the Braille code <Smile>, your program will be out of date and no longer
> developed.
That's true - which is why I think it's better to tell people up front.
Much better to have people try it out and decide for themselves whether
they like it, too.
> I think Duxbury seems to be the best of the bunch at the moment, I have
used
> most of them, but not your one admittedly. I hadn't heard of it until I
> read your post. Why is it no longer being developed?
I don't know why, exactly - some sort of management decision I had no
input into, since it was made before I joined Quantum. I am not sure
that it's set in stone, however.
> By the way, the best translator in the world, is still Megadots in my
view,
> and even though it works under DOS only, it works under an XP command
> prompt. Nothing comes close!
There are lots of Megadots aficionados about the place - a shame for
them that it's not going any further either. George will know more about
that than I do!
Cheers,
--
Patricia Fraser
International Sales Manager
Quantum Technology UK
+44 (0)1604 705 680
www.quantech.com.au
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