[Promotion-technology] Fwd: Development List for Braille Transcription Package

[David Andrews]

>
> >>> john.boyer at jjb-software.com 2/17/2008 12:35 PM >>>
>Hello Everyone,
>
>For several years I have been working on two braille transcription
>libraries with the support of ViewPlus Technologies. One, liblouis, is a
>braille translator and back-translator. The other, liblouisxml,
>translates xml documents into properly formatted braille, using liblouis
>to do the translation. It will handle MathML, text and, eventually,
>graphics, chemistry and music. ViewPlus is using both libraries in its
>TSS software. Despite the support of a for-profit company, the software
>is Open Source and Free. liblouis is also being used by Serotech, Design
>Sciences, HandyTech and Orca.
>
>I have started a mailing list for those who are interested in
>contributing
>to or just following the development of this software. To join, send a
>message to
>liblouis-liblouisxml-request at freelists.org
>and put subscribe in the subject line.
>
>To learn more about the software and to download it, go to
><http://www.jjb-software.com>http://www.jjb-software.com . There is 
>a project for liblouis on
>code.google and a Mac application that works nicely with VoiceOver. The
>above site has links to both of these. The liblouisxml package includes
>programs for translating xml files to braille, backtranslatiog to text
>or html, reformatting braille files, and handling poorly formatted text.
>These programs run at the command line on most Unix-like systems,
>including linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X.
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>John J. boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>JJB Software, Inc.
><http://www.jjb-software.com>http://www.jjb-software.com
>Madison, WI USA
>Developing software for people with disabilities

David Andrews and white cane Harry.