Category: book Nook
Hi there! I was wondering if there is a way to convert braille to html or text using jaws without braille translation software? Thanks!
There is an old program out there called b-trans from the nfb website. Since this program is command-line driven and many freak out at prompts, there is a more graphical and accessible version available, that is, the graphical version ahs radio buttons and buttons and such, just research wintrans. It is recoomended that you first install b-trans and then you install wintrans.
Hope that helps as I don't know any more programs that do this kind of task. If any of you all know any others post 'em here.
I am also interested.
HTML is difficult as it is
Then with addition of Braille.
Wow. smile
Seems that would be quite the job, to say the least.
~*Thunderous MidNight*~
When you say without a translation program, what exactly do you mean?
Seems braille would have to be translated. After all, it is a code.
If you have either Kurzweil or openbook they will translate quite well.
I've tried wintrans (or whatever it is called) and found it does an okay job of translating, but is a bit messy to set up.
Bob
I agree with Bob of Post #4
Could you please continue to give
More info. on what it is you are
Seeking to know.
Thanks,
~*Thunderous MidNight*~
Oh sorry, I mean where you can just copy and paste something from web-braille and have it translated into text without using openbook or a simular program.
Maybe Bob or louiano(of Post #2 will be able to give reply}
Personally, I have No clue on these matters
And am here attempting to learn.
By the way, DrumCorpsHornlineMember,
Excellant question you have asked in Post #1
~*Thunderous MidNight*~
Let me bring this to the top of the Boards
Maybe someone can give a response to
these questions.
~*Thunderous MidNight*~
..and to the Top again.
I'll try to summarize the question as I see it. If my interpretation is incorrect, let me know and we can start over.
Basically, you want to translate a file that is in braille to standard text.
Essentially, braille is a code (such that dot 1, for example, always represents the letter a).
Ascii is a code (such that the letter a is represented into the hexadecimal number 97).
So, you need a method to convert dot 1 in braille into the hexadecimal number 97.
If that is your question, then the answer is that you can't do it without some type of translation program.
There are two programs that I know of which will convert braille to ascii, I can't remember the name of the first one, maybe others can help out here (it's a senior moment). This program costs money and does the braille translation quite well. It does a lot more, and costs quite a bit of money (I think it's about $500), but don't hold me to that price.
The second program is called wintrans and is free. It was a collaboration between the American Printing House for the Blind and the National Federation for the blind during the 1980s. It's free but is rather difficult (geek intensive), but does a good job quickly.
That's it in a nutshell. I'll go google braille translation programs and come up with the name of the first program. Oh, it's Duxbury (the brain suddenly comes unplugged).
Hope this helps.
Bob
What I do is this...
I have a question.
Have a braille note?
Okay, version five or above?
Download it all on that thing. You can use activesync or use any drives that can be plugged in to it.Go to set up options. press a or m or any other text form you want. Hell, txt or rtf can do. Okay, done? open up a file, name it the book's name. If you want to do volumes you can do v01 or the likes. Then, do the insert document thing in the blocks command menu. If you want to do volumes as the braille form, then split it, if not keep doing it several times. Then, after that you have it. Have fun! Well, if you want the extra step you can always transfer what you have in word in to notepad.