[duxuser] Re: Comments to the list and comments about transcribing braille.
- From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:30:01 -0000
Ah, the secret of all success. RTFM!
I do agree with you David, but to be quite frank, it is my belief that the dog
should be wagging the tail. Indeed I have been campaigning for this for many a
long year.
You don't have to access your Bubble Jet xyz, in order for example, to change
from one size of paper to another, so why should a braille printer be any
different?
It's going to be more than interesting to see what DBT 10.5 brings.
Now I really must get back to testing.
Watch this space.
George.
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> [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Durber
> Sent: 04 March 2004 15:55
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Comments to the list and comments about
> transcribing braille.
>
> Hello everyone:
>
> I know that my following comments are probably going to bring
> a lot of criticism down upon my head. Well! As president
> Truman said "if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen".
>
> Deep Breath! here goes!
>
> It seems to me, that there are a lot of questions being asked
> on this user list that are nothing to do with the operation
> of DBT and more to do with the settings of different braille
> embossers.
>
> Over the years, I have owned four Enabling Technologies
> braille embossers and five Index braille embossers. All
> seven machines came with both print and braille manuals. As
> manuals go, the manuals from Enabling Technologies are some
> of the easiest to follow and understand. The manuals from
> Index, in my opinion, could and should be translated better.
> Although, I did not have too much difficulty understanding
> the instructions. If I needed to know how to change the
> settings for either manufacturers machines, I used to use the
> appropriate manual in order to find out how to make the
> necessary changes. Contacting a user list such as this would
> have been my last resort.
>
> May I suggest that this should be the first place individuals
> should look or, contact the manufacturer/Supplier of the
> embosser to obtain this type of information, before
> contacting the list.
>
> If an individual is intending to be certified as a braille
> transcriber/proofreader, in their particular country, knowing
> how to change the settings for different sizes of paper in
> the embosser or embossers that you use to produce braille and
> how to change the settings in DBT are some of the most basic
> and important things you must know and learn if you are even
> to begin producing high quality braille. If an individual
> cannot make these kinds of changes for each project as
> necessary, without referring to other users to help them,
> then they might want to consider another line of work or,
> study more of the basics before committing themselves to a
> business that can have very tight turn-around times and very
> tight dead-lines, that must be met in order not only to be
> successful but also to gain a good reputation for producing
> high quality braille.
>
> The knowledge I have gained in using different braille
> transcription programs, including using DBT for the past 4
> years, to produce my braille projects and products over the
> past twenty-three years, has been achieved with: a great deal
> of hard work, lots of reading, lots of experimentation and
> using Duxbury's excellent Technical Support service.
>
> Now, I not only hope to get answers to some of my DBT
> questions from some of you but, I would like to be able to
> help others with some of the techniques and knowledge that I
> have learned over the past twenty-three years.
>
> I hope that the contributions I have made so far since
> joining the list have been of help and use to some of you.
>
> Sincerely:
>
> Dave Durber
>
>
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