Why go to all this work? Simply use a braille display! I read grade 2 braille all the time! If the back translation for a line is turned on, WindowEyes will read it with speech! Frankly, I have this feature turned off and I simply read .dxb documents with my braille display. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF^CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx> To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:42 AM Subject: [duxuser] work-around for back translation : is there a possibility of writing scripts or setfiles (or whatever they : are called) for the major screen readers that would apply to grade two : files only? If there is, maybe a file could be writen for speech users : that would teach the speech to say dot 5 for example whenever it : encountered the quotation mark on a grade two screen. If the file : encountered a colon : it might say wh : With a little work, the sentence Where have all the flowers gone? could be : translated from a grade two screen with the following sords in speech: : dot six dot five wh space h (or have) space a l l space the space f l ow : er s space g dot five o question : : Those who know how to play with jaws and windoweyes and any other that : applies would know more about how to make this work for grade two files : only. : Catherine : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- : -Catherine Thomas : braille@xxxxxxxxx / : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- : * * * : * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. : * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with : * unsubscribe : * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also : * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription : * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive : * is also located there. : * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com : * * * : * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * *