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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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put subscribe in the subject line. To learn more about the software and to download it, go to 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 Madison, WI USA Developing software for people with disabilities Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
