Many thanks Eitan. I also have Flavio's MouseTrap proposal. I'm going to gather them all up this evening and forward to Stormy as a single document to make it easier for her.
And many thanks Stormy for giving us this opportunity. Bryen On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 17:30 +0200, Eitan Isaacson wrote: > Dots – A Braille Transcribing Application > ========================================= > > Summary > ------- > GNOME today provides a compelling non-visual interface using the > Orca[1] screen reader. This combination competes with non-free > alternatives and provide an affordable computing platform for the > visually impaired user. A braille transcription application for GNOME > would provide further appeal by providing a tactile desktop publishing > solution. > > Background > ---------- > Modern braille transcription requires a combination of automated > machine translation and human interaction and decision making to > remove ambiguities in the transcribed output[2]. Liblouisxml[3] is a > library and set of tools that provides easy conversion from XML > documents to literary and Nemeth braille. While liblouisxml is a > powerful translator, it lacks a user interface that would make it's > many features discoverable. > > Proposal > -------- > Develop an intuitive application that would be a one stop shop for > translating, transcribing, reading and embossing tactile documents in > GNOME. > > Current Status > -------------- > Dots[4] has been developed to a proof of concept stage in which it can > import a Word document and transcribe it using any table that liblouis > provides. Dots provides an import wizard[5] that exposes some > liblouisxml options, such as table choice, cells per line, lines per > page and page numbering options. > > Further Work > ------------ > For Dots to become usable, progress must be made on several fronts: > - The accepted document import formats should be expanded to more > options with a priority to ODF and other free formats. > - Provide a six dot braille “chording” input mode. > - Toggle format options on the fly, for example line width, page size, > numbering, etc. > - Provide a toggleable view between ASCII and braille fonts. > - Provide a line-by-line translation view. > > 1. http://live.gnome.org/Orca > 2. http://www.dotlessbraille.org/transcribing.htm > 3. http://code.google.com/p/liblouisxml/ > 4. https://github.com/eeejay/dots/tree > 5. http://www.getdropbox.com/gallery/280491/1/dots_screenshot?h=58a0fd > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member openSUSE-GNOME Team Member GNOME-A11y Team Member _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
