Kevin,
I have seen no response, perhaps program-l list on freelists.org would provide
you with better audience for a .NET project.
Best wishes,
Jonathan
On Oct 12, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Kevin Morales wrote:
> Hi GW Scripters,
>
> I've been working on this Braille encoding library for the .NET
> Framework and I have a question that does not address a problem, but
> rather your opinions: I would appreciate some feedback.
>
> 1. Is this something that .NET developers who are blind would find
> useful if I release the library only, without a user interface? It
> will support contracted and Nemeth Braille, and the level of
> abstraction would be raised higher than, say, Liblouis or software
> that requires one to implement a Braille table, which means tinkering
> with another language (programming wise, that is).
>
> 2. If useful, should I add methods such as Parallel and/or
> asynchronous translation for say web projects or Windows 8? Are those
> reasonable additions?
>
> The programming/object model will look like this, atleast in C#:
>
> using CoreComponents.Braille; // CoreComponents is part of the
> framework I'm building.
> namespace BrailleExample
> {
> class Program
> {
> public static foid Main(string[] args)
> {
> // In just 3 lines, you can have translation!
> SmartEncoder testVariable = new SmartEncoder();
> string textToSave = testVariable.Translate(inputText,
> EncodingOptions.AsContractedBrailleWithNemeth);
> // Parallel translation:
> testVariable.TranslateParallel(); // Same parameters apply.
> // Now, asynchronous:
> Task<string> content = await textVariable.TranslateAsync(); // Same
> parameters apply.
>
> }
>
> }
> }
> Thanks in advance,
> Regards,
> Kevin Morales
>
