Re: Announcing BrailleBlaster

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 07:43:16 -0500

Yes. BrailleBlaster will support Arabic. The translation part is 
liblouis, which already has Arabic tables.

John

On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 11:16:48AM +0000, Hamid AITOUZNAG wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I wonder if this new project would support Arabic. it's a pain to get a 
> good arabic output using winbraille which is a freeware. Duxbury did a 
> very good job concerning arabic, however it is a pay-for program. I hope 
> this new program would be a good alternative for Duxbury...
> 
> All the best
> 
> Hamid AITOUZNAG
> On 08/07/2010 05:16, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >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.
> >
> >   
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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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