[duxuser] Re: Math Symbols as Words & Complaints for Duxbury
- From: "Terri Pannett" <pann1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:04:52 -0700
Dear Neal,
I have used Duxbury for years and I think it's the number 1 braille
translator.
If anyone wants to see correct computer braille, for email addresses, then
the text must be surrounded by the proper codes. If codes are not added,
then it's not Duxbury's fault if the text doesn't translate properly. The
same thing is true for math, too.
I'm no whizz transcriber or programmer--I use DBT for my own personal
translation--but it's number 1 and it will always be for me.
Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Kuniansky" <Neal@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 7:41 AM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Math Symbols as Words & Complaints for Duxbury
: Hello Listees:
:
: In the future, if you have a complaint for Duxbury, then please direct
your
: complaint to info@xxxxxxxxxx or to any of us here in the office.
:
: In this case, DBT used to translate symbols in that manner because that
was
: the way that BANA stated it should be done for literary braille. I do
: believe that the symbols were translated in a non-literary manner for
: technical (mathematical) material and when using the TEXTBOOK template, as
: contrasted with the STANDARD template.
:
: I do believe this has been changed in current versions of DBT to take into
: account the changes implemented by BANA.
:
: At Duxbury, we have always aimed to implement translation tables in DBT
WIN
: so that the braille translation is that established by the Braille
Authority
: for that locality.
:
: DBT has long had a code to address this specific concern.
: [vrn~inf] establishes "informal mode," wherein certain ASCII characters
that
: are not defined in literary braille, and which according to the strict
: interpretation of the BANA literary code must therefore be represented as
: one or more words in braille (e.g. "greater-than" for ">"), are instead
: given informal but generally familiar representations (e.g. dots 3-4-5 in
: that case). Note that the definition of this code may be changed or
: discontinued in future versions. Also note that the [vrn~] code may
: different (or no) options for different language translation tables
:
: Thank you,
: Neal Kuniansky
: Email: Neal@xxxxxxxxxx
: TEL:+1 978-692-3000 EXT 307
: FAX: +1 978-692-7912
: URL: http://www.DuxburySystems.com
: Duxbury Systems, Inc.
: The name for Braille since 1975.
: 270 Littleton Road, #6
: Westford MA, 01886 USA
:
:
: -----Original Message-----
:
: Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:13:44 -0700 (PDT)
: From: Daveed Mandell <daveed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Subject: Math Symbols as Words
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: I have been asked by a number opf people in my area to voice a serious
: complaint with Duxbury concerning its changing symbols, such as
: "greater-than" to words, to supposedly conform to literary braille.
: This is truluy a nuisance, especially in material about HTML, but it crops
: up in email and other places where it is truly annoying.
: What is Duxbury Systems doing to deal with this problem? Note that with
: Megadots one doesn 't have these problems.
: Thanks.
: --Daveed--
: East Bay Center for the Blind
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