[Blindmath] Announcing BrailleBlaster

[Lisa Bongiorno]

I'm a TVI and would be interested in your project.  What would I have to
do?
Lisa Bongiorno

NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
	Celebrating 100 Years of Service	
			1910 - 2010			


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From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 1:40 AM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: [Blindmath] Announcing BrailleBlaster

This project will make many more math books, with tactile graphics, 
available in Braille. This is an announcement of an exciting new 
software development project that will greatly increase the availability

and usability of Braille. Since this is an open source project, you are 
invited to participate. We need transcribers and technical writers as 
well as programmers.

BrailleBlaster will be excellent for translating and formatting braille 
and inserting tactile graphics and hence release a blast of braille.

It will be very user-friendly for non-technical users but also powerful 
enough for experts.

Naive users will be able easily to compose simple documents and then 
translate and emboss them in braille or read them on a braille display.

Advanced users will be able to divide books into multiple braille 
volumes, with title pages, tables of contents, and end-notes for each 
volume.

The BrailleBlaster project should be completed within less than two 
years.

BrailleBlaster will be fully usable in speech or braille by people who 
are blind.

It will be designed for Windows, MacIntosh, and Linux operating systems 
and common screenreaders

It will have visual display controls that make it maximally accessible 
for users with low vision and other visual disabilities.

It will be localized into most major languages.

BrailleBlaster will be developed under the Apache 2.0 license, which 
permits broad use, including use in commercial software.

BrailleBlaster's sponsors are ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and 
Abilitiessoft, Inc. They will hold the license copyright.

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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