Hi, Well, I have always liked Duxbury and I'm glad PDI decided to use it. The previous translator made too many translation errors.
I don't know how well Duxbury is liked over in the UK nor do I know how well it keeps up with your country's rules. But, in my opinion, it's the Cadillac of all braille translators. I know a new model is coming out soon and I'm looking forward to it. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 3:45 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] converting text file to a braille file : Hi Terri, : : On 29 Apr 2004 at 11:18, Terri Pannett spoke, thus: : : > Duxbury always attempts to go by the official rules used in the UK or the : > US. If you have Duxbury set to UK braille, then it would go by BAUK rules. : : It does, but only in so far as that is possible for translation software. : It is also famous for not playing catchup too good. BAUK's rules still : have some quaint, if annoying and somewhat unforgiving, rules for which : Duxbury is simply not a match. Even if it were now, Duxbury relies : heavily on control characters entered by the person to accurately produce : the correct braille, and I find this somewhat obnoxious and proprietary. : Even NFBTrans can start from straight ASCII file and sometimes produce a : better braille file than Duxbury ever could, simply because you can modify : the translation tables very well. Speaking personally, I actually : preferred the old-fashioned BrailleNote translator, if only for that very : feature - Duxbury simply isn't the be all and end all people make it out : to be in my opinion and it's losing its touch, at least over here, where : the rules are taking a few major leaps of late. : : Cheers, : Sabahattin : -- : Thought for the day: : A penny saved is ridiculous. : : Latest PGP Public key blocks? Send any mail to: : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : : Sabahattin Gucukoglu : Phone: +44 (0)20 7,502-1615 : Mobile: +44 (0)7986 053399 : http://www.sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/ : Email/MSN: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : : : ___ : To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit : http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote :
