[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: windows apps and liblouisxml
- From: Neil Soiffer <NeilS@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 16:57:37 -0700
It ran on XP and Vista.
I'll dig it out and send it to you this weekend. I can only say it use to
work -- liblious has been restructured since I last did a build.
Neil
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:50 PM, qubit <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, I would like to see the wrapper code. I was going to use some
> wrapper code I found in the wiki for mingw, but if you have something that
> works, I at least want to look at it for reference. What OS did you run it
> on?
> Thanks.
> --le
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Neil Soiffer <NeilS@xxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Friday, May 21, 2010 5:37 PM
> *Subject:* [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: windows apps and liblouisxml
>
> Laura,
>
> A couple of years ago, I built them as DLLs with a COM wrapper so that I
> could call liblouis or other braille translators from MathPlayer. At one
> time, I had both liblouis and UMCL working to produce various braille math
> codes from MathML in web pages (liblouis was MUCH faster, but only supported
> Nemeth). Getting screen readers to actually call MathPlayer's interface to
> make math accessible has been a harder sell for both commercial and open
> source screen readers (James: hint, hint...).
>
> I have attached the IDL file in case you want to look at it and implement
> the COM interface. I can send you the old wrapper code I used to connect
> the interface to liblouis too if you'd like. I keep meaning to update my
> sources and rebuild the interface, but never seem to find the time
> (liblious's structure has changed a bit since then, so simply doing an
> update and compile doesn't work).
>
> FYI: there are essentially two bits of functionality to this interface:
> 1. A discovery mechanism to find out what translators support the
> interface and what math codes they support
> 2. Setting various parameters (eg, # of cells, which math code to use) and
> getting the Braille string (as Unicode) back.
>
> Let me know if you'd like to old wrapper code to use as a starting point.
>
> Neil
>
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:27 PM, qubit <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This is interesting. I think I will continue to attempt to turn the
>> libraries into DLL's just to see how well it would work. I am anxious to
>> read the docs for aegis and openoffice and your press release when it
>> comes
>> out.
>> Thanks for your comments.
>> --le
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bert Frees" <bert.frees@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:11 AM
>> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: windows apps and liblouisxml
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm working on a Braille authoring extension for OpenOffice.org. It will
>> enable users to export or print an OpenOffice.org Writer document into
>> Braille. The project is part of ÆGIS <http://www.aegis-project.eu/>. The
>> extension is called Odt2Braille and there will be a press release pretty
>> soon.
>>
>> The program is written in Java and uses liblouisxml by executing the
>> xml2brl.exe tool which is embedded in Odt2Braille. I was able to build
>> xml2brl on Windows from revision 215, without modifications. I don't use
>> liblouisxml as a dll.
>>
>> Bert
>>
>>
>>
>> On 21/05/2010 6:39, qubit wrote:
>> > I have been exchanging email with John about turning liblouisxml into a
>> > dll
>> > and calling it from a .NET program. He suggested asking the list if
>> > anyone
>> > else has compiled the library as a dll on windows and imported it into
>> > their
>> > code.
>> > He says others have done this already, which makes me wonder how my own
>> > work
>> > is fitting into the grand scheme of things.
>> >
>> > So please respond to the following:
>> >
>> > What programs are currently running on windows that use liblouisxml?
>> > Are these console apps, or windows GUI apps?
>> > Is the calling program written in a managed language (like C#, VB#, or
>> > managed C++)?
>> > Was it necessary to make any changes to the code beyond writing the
>> > interface macros and headers?
>> >
>> > And last but not least, what software on windows do you think would
>> > benefit
>> > most by added braille functionality? What braille functionality would
>> you
>> > like to see in these programs?
>> >
>> > Any info is welcome.
>> > TIA
>> > --le
>> >
>> > For a description of the software and to download it go to
>> > http://www.jjb-software.com
>> >
>>
>> For a description of the software and to download it go to
>> http://www.jjb-software.com
>>
>> For a description of the software and to download it go to
>> http://www.jjb-software.com
>>
>
>
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