[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Braille translation question
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Jeff Dittel <dittel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:46:06 -0500
Hi Jeff,
Most of these things are already taken care of in the en-us-g2.ctb
table. I won't speak for other tables, since I don't maintain them.
liblouis has a syllable opcode for handling syllable divisions where
necessary. See the table for examples. Recent versions of liblouis also
have the lou_compileString function, which enables you to add table
entries on the fly in your applications. If you haven't ddownloaded the
latest liblouis you probably want to do so.
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John
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 09:29:27AM -0500, Jeff Dittel wrote:
>
> Hey John,
>
> I have a question for you. I was wondering how you guys do some of the
> translation programmatically. For instance, there are rules like:
>
> Contractions are not to be used:
> When they overlap a major syllable division.
> When their use would alter the usual braille form of a base word to which a
> prefix or suffix has been added.
> Between base words joined to form a compound word.
>
> Do you guys have a way of programmatically determining a major syllable
> division or a base word? Or, do you keep a database of words and their
> braille translation?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Dittel
> ~~~~~~~
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> (414) 248-2292
>
>
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