[duxuser] Re: EDITING BRAILLE DOCUMENTS WITH A BRAILLE DISPLAY
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:02:40 +0100
Hi Andre,
I think I shall have to defer this question to Duxbury's
resident braille expert, Caryn Navy. I can't see why you
should have cell 1 blank when reading a DBT braille
document.
George.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andre
van Deventer
> Sent: 23 September 2004 12:36
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: EDITING BRAILLE DOCUMENTS WITH A
> BRAILLE DISPLAY
> Sensitivity: Confidential
>
> 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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