Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread peter
Troy A. Griffitts wrote: > Peter, > > It would certainly be possible with the current engine software. It would > be dependent on the frontend to handle the new data in a module. > > We just need to decide the best way to include information about audio and > what it means. We've heard some goo

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread Troy A. Griffitts
Peter, It would certainly be possible with the current engine software. It would be dependent on the frontend to handle the new data in a module. We just need to decide the best way to include information about audio and what it means. We've heard some good suggestions. If audio is present, we

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread peter
So back then to the sound files - would this be a possibility? ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread Troy A. Griffitts
Yes, DM is correct. Chris added ICU transliteration to SWORD years back. To let your users enable it in your frontend you can make a simple call, e.g. mgr.setGlobalOption("Transliteration", "Latin"); "Latin" can be replaced with any of the following: "Off", "Latin", "IP

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread DM Smith
peter wrote: >>> Along those lines, a tool to transliterate Greek, Hebrew, etc in the >>> Latin writing system might be a useful addition. >>> >> This tool exists. I am just now searching for it. I had saw in Ubuntu >> repositories. There is also toCyrillic a frirefox addon which does the >

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread peter
>> Along those lines, a tool to transliterate Greek, Hebrew, etc in the >> Latin writing system might be a useful addition. > > This tool exists. I am just now searching for it. I had saw in Ubuntu > repositories. There is also toCyrillic a frirefox addon which does the > same job. The tool is c

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread peter
jonathon wrote: > Peter wrote: > >> Braille is good - but it relies on presence of a braille terminal - I > > Braille printer, not a Braille terminal. Is this really a function of te programme and not one of the printer driver? >> understand they are very expensive and not overly comfortable

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread Josh Gould
If you have a certian limited number of devices (the BrailleLite M20 by Freedom Scientific comes to mind) will act as a refreshable braille display for the standard output. the windows front end *is* accessible, My fiancee tried it and we were able to work with it. Josh On 9/18/07, jonathon <[EM

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread jonathon
Peter wrote: > Braille is good - but it relies on presence of a braille terminal - I Braille printer, not a Braille terminal. > understand they are very expensive and not overly comfortable - so many > people rely on screen readers There are two major reasons why Braille Displays are not in com

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread peter
Braille is good - but it relies on presence of a braille terminal - I understand they are very expensive and not overly comfortable - so many people rely on screen readers - which in turn will make it hard for us to find anyone actually testing the programmes. But I am totally new to this, so I ha

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread DM Smith
Another weird idea, allow for transliteration into braille. Probably won't give the proper tactile response unless printed to a braille printer. On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:51 PM, peter wrote: > I am at the moment trying to set up a laptop for a blind member of our > church. > > One of the wonderfu

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread ransom82
I have always thought something like the Blue Letter Bible http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/images.pl?book=1Cr&chapter=13&verse=2&version=KJV#2 would be nice. Their interface is a little strange, at least to me, but having access to hymns and audio recordings for each verse is really nice. O

Re: [sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-18 Thread Anja Hofmann
Hello! Your suggestion sounds really great, not just for blind users, but also for those learning English or other languages. peter wrote: > I would think that it should be relatively straight forward (not being a > programmer makes all things appear straight forward :-) ) to have a link > launch

[sword-devel] One of those weird ideas....

2007-09-17 Thread peter
I am at the moment trying to set up a laptop for a blind member of our church. One of the wonderful things here is obviously the festival support which comes with gnomesword - Karl, thank you! - which gave me an idea for a new feature - would it be possible for a module to contain sound files - ju