[Blindmath] Need help embossing graphics

Sat Aug 20 15:58:26 UTC 2011

It is for an XML course, and it now looks as though I've found a tool I can 
use.

Thanks,
Amanda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pranav Lal" <pranav.lal at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'" 
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 5:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Need help embossing graphics

> Hi Amanda,
>
> Why are you writing XML by hand? If you are  writing SVG, then Iveo has a
> dos window that opens. That displays the errors. I believe a log file is
> also created.
>
> Pranav
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Amanda Lacy
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 4:36 AM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Need help embossing graphics
>
> Has anyone had any success with this XML editor? I am trying to locate my
> errors but can't seem to get out of the file and into the error panel. If
> none of you are familiar with this editor, then can anyone recommend a
> screen reader-friendly XML validation tool?
>
> Thanks,
> Amanda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Baldwin" <baldwin at dickbaldwin.com>
> To: <john.gardner at orst.edu>; "Blind Math list for those interested in
> mathematics" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Need help embossing graphics
>
>
>> While reading Pranav's excellent article at
>> http://www.access2science.com/graphics/analysing_SVG.html, it occurred to
>> me
>> that some of you may need an editor to work through his examples. Of
>> course,
>> you could use something as simple as Windows Notepad. However, if you
>> would
>> like to step up a few notches, you might want to try the free XML Copy
>> Editor at
>>
>> http://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> I don't know how well it scores in terms of accessibility, but the
>> interface
>> looks pretty clean to me, so you might find it very accessible.
>>
>> In the beginning, you could use it as a simple text editor that is 
>> capable
>> of handling multiple documents concurrently, each in its own tab.
>>
>> Once you have mastered that, you might want to branch out and begin
>> exploring the specific XML capabilities that it provides such as finding
>> and
>> highlighting various kinds of XML errors.
>>
>> The one concern that I do have is that when an error is discovered, a
>> panel
>> opens up at the bottom of the window with information about the error. I
>> don't know how you would navigate to that information with a screen 
>> reader
>> (because I don't know how to use a screen reader). However, I will give
>> you
>> a sample SVG document that will produce an error that you can try.
>>
>> Copy the following SVG code and paste it into a new XML document in the
>> XML
>> Copy Editor.
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
>> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "
>> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"[]>
>> <svg width="990" height="765" version="1.1" xmlns="
>> http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
>> <line x1="100" y1="100" x2="900" y2="700" stroke="black"/>
>> </svg>
>>
>> Then pull down the File menu and select Save As. Go through the normal
>> process of specifying a folder and file name. Give the file name an
>> extension of .svg.
>>
>> If your system behaves the way that mine behaves, the following error
>> should
>> appear in a panel at the bottom of the editor window:
>>
>> Cannot save document in utf-8: Error at line 0: Attempt to load network
>> entity http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd (saved in default
>> encoding UTF-8)
>>
>> A file is actually saved but it will have a strange name and an extension
>> of
>> .tmp.
>>
>> Make certain that you can navigate to the error message at the bottom of
>> the
>> editor window.
>>
>> Once you have read the error message, delete the following attribute and
>> its
>> value from the first line of text and save again.
>>
>> encoding="utf-8"
>>
>> This time, the svg file should be saved with the specified name in the
>> specified folder and it should be ready for whatever processing you 
>> intend
>> to apply.
>>
>> Dick Baldwin
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:03 PM, John Gardner <john.gardner at orst.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Interestingly, I have just put up a new section on graphics on
>>> www.Access2Science.com.  But there is presently no information there on
>>> QuickTac.  If anybody wants to write up a tutorial or link to some good
>>> documentation on that ap, it would be a good addition.
>>>
>>> There are presently three graphics articles, all about SVG.  One is 
>>> about
>>> the ViewPlus IVEO technology, one, by list member Pranav Lal on how to
>>> analyze SVG code, and a link to a new article by Prof. Richard Baldwin 
>>> on
>>> using SVG to create Physics drawings by blind students.
>>>
>>> John Gardner
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Amanda Lacy
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 8:19 PM
>>> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
>>> Subject: [Blindmath] Need help embossing graphics
>>>
>>> I have DBT 10.7, QuickTac 4.0 Beta 1, and an Enabling Juliet Pro 60 and
>>> cannot figure out how to use any of it to emboss even the simplest of
>>> graphics. QuickTac's help file consists of about 3 lines of text. I have
>>> two
>>> filetypes - JPG and SVG. Which do I use, and how do I convert it into a
>>> file
>>> DBT will recognize as a picture?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Amanda
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>>
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