[duxuser] Re: EDITING BRAILLE DOCUMENTS WITH A BRAILLE DISPLAY
- From: Dave Durber <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:34:25 -0400
Hello George:
Even if the left and binding margins are set to their defaults, the
text will often start in the second cell, therefore leaving the first
cell blank.
sincerely:
Dave Durber
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:55:03 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Andre,
>
>Do you by any chance have either a Binding Margin of 1 set,
>or a Left Margin of 1 set?
>
>George.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andre
>van Deventer
>> Sent: 23 September 2004 11:45
>> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [duxuser] Re: EDITING BRAILLE DOCUMENTS WITH A
>> BRAILLE DISPLAY
>> Sensitivity: Confidential
>>
>> Hi George
>>
>> Thanks a million for your help.
>>
>> I still wish that I could at some way get rid of that
>first
>> blank cell at the beginning of each line. The embosser
>does
>> not seem to print it that way.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Andre
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George
>Bell
>> Sent: 23 September 2004 12:38 PM
>> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [duxuser] Re: EDITING BRAILLE DOCUMENTS WITH A
>> BRAILLE DISPLAY
>> Sensitivity: Confidential
>>
>> Hi Andre,
>>
>> Provided you take time and great care to set up a display
>> properly, and then stay rigidly with those settings, you
>can
>> do a serious degree of proofing.
>> I have seen this done with both Alva and Powerbraille 40
>cell
>> displays, though of course one should not ideally be
>> producing more than 40 cells per line.
>>
>> Having said that, I personally would still advocate a
>final
>> paper proof copy. If nothing else, it serves to check the
>
>> quality and accuracy of the braille being produced by the
>> embosser. I'm afraid I have seen all too many cases of
>late
>> where embossers have perhaps dropped dots, or even
>complete
>> cells, for one technical reason or another.
>>
>> George.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andre
>> van Deventer
>> > Sent: 23 September 2004 10:28
>> > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [duxuser] EDITING BRAILLE DOCUMENTS WITH A
>> BRAILLE DISPLAY
>> > Sensitivity: Confidential
>> >
>> > Hi all
>> >
>> > I have been asked by someone who is not on this list and
>> who
>> > is a Duxbury owner whether it is really practical to
>> proofread books
>> > produced on Duxbury efficiently in the translated form
>with
>> a braille
>> > display only. This would include checking things like
>page layout
>> > and so forth.
>> >
>> > I can do this to some extent with Jaws and switching off
>> the
>> > Grade 2 translator. But could layout be a problem
>> perhaps.
>> > I have found with quite a few models of braille display
>> that
>> > for some reason lines that print against the left margin
>> tend
>> > to actually begin one cell from the left of the start of
>> the display.
>> >
>> > Hope this query makes sense to someone!!
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Andre
>> >
>> >
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