[brailleblaster] Re: LiblouisUTDML and backtranslate string
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:25:11 -0600
Back-translation would also be used if the user wanted to open a brf
file.
John
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 06:25:31AM -0500, Keith Creasy wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Back-translation only applies to BrailleBlaster in reference to six-key
> Braille input and the desire to have both a text and Braille view.If that is
> for some reason not the case then I guess we need to decide that.
>
> Thanks.
> Keith
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jan 24, 2014, at 5:23 AM, Larry Skutchan <lskutchan@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps APH expanded the project's scope by targeting the development of a
> > tool that transcribers could use to produce effective, accurate braille
> > from EPUB or NIMAS files. Some of the techniques planned could use accurate
> > back translation.
> > How serious are the back translation problems?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Whapples
> > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 4:49 AM
> > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: LiblouisUTDML and backtranslate string
> >
> > My understanding was that the project was to build a tool for producing
> > Braille documents. Maintaining the original text and indexing it with
> > translated Braille I believe is to remove the need for backtranslation,
> > whilst allowing synchronisation of text and Braille (eg. for embossers with
> > ink and Braille, to know where edited Braille is, etc).
> >
> > May be things moved on without me knowing and may be backtranslation is
> > part of the project scope now. If it is may be someone could explain how it
> > fits in.
> >
> > Michael Whapples
> >> On 24/01/2014 09:43, Larry Skutchan wrote:
> >> Isn't a reliable back translation one of the premises we build this
> >> project on?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> >> Boyer
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:11 PM
> >> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: LiblouisUTDML and backtranslate string
> >>
> >> The string does not have to be in xml format. That said, try to avoid
> >> back-translation as much as possible. It is unreliable. Granted, there are
> >> some bugs, but even under the best of conditions it can give bad results.
> >> ViewPlus discovered this, and it wºas one reason they proposed UTDML.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 03:26:32PM -0500, Brandon Roller wrote:
> >>> Does the string that I want to back translate need to be in xml
> >>> format like translateString? I can't find anything about
> >>> backtranslateString in the liblouisutdml documentation.
> >> --
> >> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >> Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
> >
> >
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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