Thank you! That's valuable information. I hope they make progress with the Apache FOP. I use liblouis all the time, it seems this is what they will be using as well. Evariste
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [docbook] braille and audio > Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:42:53 -0700 > > Hi, > As far as I know, there is no tool to directly convert DocBook XML to > Braille. However, the DocBook XSL stylesheets can convert DocBook to HTML > or PDF, and those can be converted to Braille, according to this website: > > http://www.brailletranslator.org/ > > Similarly with audio, as this tool seems to be able to convert HTML to MP3: > > http://www.naturalreaders.com/ > > I have not used either of these tools, and other people might have other > recommendations. > > FYI, here is a report on an attempt to use Apache FOP to generate Braille: > > http://code.google.com/p/daisy-pipeline/wiki/BrailleFopRenderingReport > > Bob Stayton > Sagehill Enterprises > [email protected] > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "evaristegalois" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 9:41 AM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [docbook] braille and audio > > > I have now read several times that the cool thing about docbook is that it > > provides output in braille and audio as well, for example here: > > > > The advantage is that one SGML source file can generate any type of > > output: > > Postscript, PDF, RTF, HTML, QNX Helpviewer, even audio files or braille. > > (http://developers.cogentrts.com/cogent/prepdoc/pd-single-sourcingwithdocbook.html) > > > > I work with blind people in an educational setting and would love to use > > docbook to provide content to students. But despite extensive searching on > > this forum, the docbook wiki, and duckduckgo (google), I cannot find > > anything about braille or audio output. I have successfully used docbook > > to > > create html and pdf output. Please tell me how I can convert an sgml or > > xml > > file to brf (braille) or a sound file (any format) using an input file > > that > > I've already successfully converted to pdf and html. > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://docbook.10921.n7.nabble.com/braille-and-audio-tp14972.html > > Sent from the docbook General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > >
