There is a GUI version of NFBtrans on the site. I might try and work
it into Louis in particular for back translation.
greg
On Jun 5, 2007, at 08:20 , Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Hi Greg,
I'm guessing that the Mac Port of NFBTrans is command line based.
Any chance of incorperating it as an alternative translation engine
in the Louis program, specificly for back translating and possibly
other tasks? It has been my experience that not all translation
engines are created equal, and having an alternative engine in the
Louis GUI might be handy. NFBTrans does back translation
flawlessly in my experience. Just a thought. Thanks for all your
hard work.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On Jun 5, 2007, at 7:02 AM, Greg Kearney wrote:
I would point out that I have a Mac port of NFBtrans on the site
http://w3.wmcnet.org/braille/ if that is of any help.
Greg
On Jun 5, 2007, at 07:56 , 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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