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 common use: * A very low percentage of people who are blind can read Braille; * Braille monitors are very expensive. (Budget US$5K for the cheap models They are comfortable to use. (Speaking both from personal experience, and talking to people who are blind.) > - which in turn will make it hard for us to find anyone actually testing the > programmes. If a program works with a regular display monitor, it will work with a Braille display unit. > is the most suitable way forward and will come back. I think DM Smith was asking for something that would convert the text to Braille, so it could be printed out. If that isn't what was being requested, then a clarification is needed. Along those lines, a tool to transliterate Greek, Hebrew, etc in the Latin writing system might be a useful addition. xan jonathon _______________________________________________ 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
