[duxuser] Re: EDITING BRAILLE DOCUMENTS WITH A BRAILLE DISPLAY

  • From: "Andre van Deventer" <andre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:36:06 +0200

Hi George

That is actually the first thing I checked when I experienced this problem.
And there is no binding margin or left margin set.

Andre
 

-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: 23 September 2004 12:55 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: EDITING BRAILLE DOCUMENTS WITH A BRAILLE DISPLAY
Sensitivity: Confidential

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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