[macvoiceover] Re: Announcing BrailleBlaster
- From: Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:44:22 -0400
Hi John,
This is exciting.
How can you send a BRF file from a MAC to an embosser with out a driver? I have
never gotten this to work consistently through the serial port. Any other
suggestions?
Keith Reedy
On Jul 8, 2010, at 3:32 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> This will solve the problem of brailling on the Mac. This is an
> announcement of an exciting new software development project that will
> greatly increase the availability and usability of Braille. Since this
> is an open source project, you are invited to participate. We need
> transcribers and technical writers as well as programmers.
>
> BrailleBlaster will be excellent for translating and formatting braille
> and inserting tactile graphics and hence release a blast of braille.
>
> It will be very user-friendly for non-technical users but also powerful
> enough for experts.
>
> Naive users will be able easily to compose simple documents and then
> translate and emboss them in braille or read them on a braille display.
>
> Advanced users will be able to divide books into multiple braille
> volumes, with title pages, tables of contents, and end-notes for each
> volume.
>
> The BrailleBlaster project should be completed within less than two
> years.
>
> BrailleBlaster will be fully usable in speech or braille by people who
> are blind.
>
> It will be designed for Windows, MacIntosh, and Linux operating systems
> and common screenreaders
>
> It will have visual display controls that make it maximally accessible
> for users with low vision and other visual disabilities.
>
> It will be localized into most major languages.
>
> BrailleBlaster will be developed under the Apache 2.0 license, which
> permits broad use, including use in commercial software.
>
> BrailleBlaster's sponsors are ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and
> Abilitiessoft, Inc. They will hold the license copyright.
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
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