Hi list. I've posted this message to another list, but was thinking that perhaps one of you guys have a solution as well. See below. By the way, the word "Sjoe" is an Afrikaans exclamation commonly used in my country meaning perhaps "goodness me" or "what an effort!" -- it's not cussing or anything!
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Direct 6-Key Braille Input Software for QWERTY Keyboards Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:19:33 +0200 From: Kerneels Roos <kerneels@xxxxxxxxx>To: National Accessibility Portal mailing list with topics focused on accessibility for users with visual disabilities. <blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Good morning everyone, Sjoe, I've looked all over the web now but I can't find something to do this job that works and that is not for DOS. Does anyone perhaps know of a free and/or open source program that would enable a person to directly input Braille on a computer running Windows XP, with a standard qwerty keyboard? The program should either produce ASCII Braille (.brf) or the newer unicode Braille (.brl) files. The idea is basically to do exactly what a Perkins brailler does but on a computer with a normal keyboard. I've surfed the increasingly fragmented web for quite some time but was unable to find something that works. It also appears that not all qwerty keyboards can handle 6 key simmultaneous key presses, but there are some that can do it. A solution of course would be to allow for individual dot presses and then a sort of enter key to cause the actual character to be printed. Would anyone else on the list be interested in such a program? If so, what features would you like to see in such a editor? Regards, Kerneels -- Kerneels Roos Cell: +27 (0)82 309 1998 Skype: cornelis.roos "If one has the talent it pushes for utterance and torments one; it will out; and then one is out with it without questioning. And, look you, there is nothing in this thing of learning out of books. Here, here and here (pointing to his ear, his head and his heart) is your school. If everything is right there, then take your pen and down with it; afterward ask the opinion of a man who knows his business." (To a musically talented boy who asked Mozart how one might learn to compose.)
