[macvoiceover] Re: Announcing BrailleBlaster
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:47:11 -0500
Keith,
I don't know what the problem with the Mac is. However, most embossers
have their own internal driver and just require a brf file to produce
braille. Thise that can produce graphics do require a software driver.
BrailleBlaster will take care of these problems.
John
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 11:44:22AM -0400, Keith Reedy wrote:
> 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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