oh ok. thanks for the explaination of what back translating is. i
don't know if i'd use it, but it's good to know about anyway. i'll
look into a serial to usb adapter. thanks for the link to one though.
On Jun 5, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Greg Kearney wrote:
You should be able to use your serial embosser with Louis. First
you will need to get a USB to Serial adapter. I would suggest the
USA-19HS from Keyspan www.keyspan.com as I have tried it and know
that it works well.
You will then set the embosser to communicate via serial and choose
the keyspan device from Louis' device popup menu on the
"processing" tab view.
As for back translation it is an inexact processes for languages
that use contacted braille. What it does is to take braille
computer files and turn them back into text files. People with big
collections of braille files might need to do this if they wish to
read those files on a computer for example.
Greg Kearney
On Jun 5, 2007, at 08:01 , Matthew Elliff wrote:
hi. i used windows with duxberry and i have a braille embosser but
it's a serial port one. can it be run on my imac? i don't use
windows at all now. if it can be used i'd like to be able to have
things in braille again. also what in the world is back
translating? i've never heard of it before. can someone explain it
and possabilly why or how it could be useful ect?
On Jun 5, 2007, at 8:56 AM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
On Jun 4, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
While I have everyone's attention can I ask just how important
is it to do back translation. I will confess to being a bit
suprized at the seeming interest in doing this. Just what
perpous is back translation being put to?
I have, and have access to, a huge number of materials in Braille
form, but rarely have access to Braille embossers or displays
these days. Hence, back translation is the only way of reading
these files. The back translation feature of the program will be
what I primarily use it for, in fact. Up until now I've been
using an open source DOS command line program called NFBTrans on
my Windows box, but it has become more and more of a pain as I
move away from that OS. I am far from unique in needing back
translation capability.
Josh de Lioncourt
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