[duxuser] Re: Wish list & Re: Re: Command line options for DBT for windows (ver10.4)
- From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 23:28:43 -0400
Hi George,
Well I have only got 10.3 and I am almost the only one around here using
Word so, don't get much in Word format so haven't been too interested in
Swift. I do have the list of command line parameters you sent though and
will see what use I can make of it.
I can probably use Swift in the long run but since DBT will import several
formats it would be nice to be able to automate on-the-fly as it were,
braille transcription.
It is probable that really I should be looking for a different product
though, it looks to mi like DBT is more intended for professional
transcription of manuscripts. What I want is something to give me fairly
reliable transcription of agenda, minutes, other supporting documentation,
bits of appointment book, things I can pull off instantly without opening a
variety of applications, executing a series of menu commands, editing and
formatting and all that. I think DBT isn't intended for that sort of use.
HotDots isn't ideal either but using DOS batch files it is possible to
translate, format, global search&replace and even emboss with a single
instruction. 16 year old technology running on a 4.7 MHz 8086 computer with
640 K of RAM, imagine! Now machines run 500 times faster, commonly 40 times
the memory and more or less multitask. Do pardon my nostalgia, things are
clearly better now that there is braille on those drive through security
devices. What ever was I thinking?
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario
dleavens@xxxxxxx
Home of the Polar Bear Express!
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 9:14 AM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Wish list & Re: Re: Command line options for DBT for
windows (ver10.4)
Hi Dale,
I did post a lost of command line parameters a day or two ago. Let me know
if you didn't get it.
However, have you tried SWIFT in Word for Windows?
http://www.duxburysystems.com/freeware.asp#swift
This allows you to emboss direct without having to open DBT.
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Leavens [mailto:dleavens@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 October 2002 05:03
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Wish list & Re: Re: Command line options
> for DBT for
> windows (ver10.4)
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if there is any way to have a command line which
> would open DBT
> with a supplied filename .DOC .WPD or .TXT then translate and
> emboss it.
>
> I have a number of requirements for this sort of option. My
> appointment book
> may change many times a day and certainly in a week so to get a rapid
> translation would be exquisite. I use an old DOS app, Hot
> Dots and DOS batch
> processing to achieve that now. I do a similar thing to
> produce waiting
> lists but it would be a good thing to do in Windows.
>
> If anyone has the ear of the developers this is a function I
> would really
> like. Maybe a VBA macro language and process that could be
> called from the
> command line?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario
> dleavens@xxxxxxx
> Home of the Polar Bear Express!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 12:03 PM
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: Command line options for DBT for
> windows (ver10.4)
>
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> I'll let you into a secret. We use command lines in SWIFT.
>
> If you really know what you are doing, you can use the
> following which I
> have extracted from the old DOS version, but you will need to
> substitute
> "dbt" for "dbtw" if you have the Windows version.
>
>
> Examples of DBT usage: Explanation:
>
> dbt (start DBT in the normal way)
> dbt /? (display this message)
> dbt duxfile.dxp (start DBT with
> DUXFILE.DXP already open)
> dbt wpfile.doc (import WPFILE.DOC)
> dbt duxfile.dxp wpfile.doc (open DUXFILE.DXP and
> import WPFILE.DOC)
> dbt /braille wpfile.doc (emboss WPFILE.DOC and exit DBT)
> dbt /b wpfile.doc /p duxfile.dxp (emboss WPFILE, print
> DUXFILE and exit)
>
> (Note: DBT uses a default template for /b and /p on imported files.)
>
> George Bell
> Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 23 October 2002 16:55
> > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [duxuser] Command line options for DBT for windows
> (ver10.4)
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know what they are (if any)??
> >
> > Andy J
> >
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