[Blindmath] Fwd: [duxnews]

Tue May 13 19:54:38 UTC 2014

I spoke to all the venders and canceled the meeting on the 22nd.  Just have to speak to Ms. T. Lomax next.  

Regards, 
Carlos A. Sanchez, Jr.  
Technological Services Specialist 
New Jersey Commission f/t Blind and Visually  Impaired, 
Management Information Systems Unit
153 Halsey St. 5th floor 
Newark NJ 07101. 
Main Office:  973-648-2111
Regional Technology Assistance Center:  973-622-2750
Direct:  973-648-2281
Fax: 973-648-7674
E-Mail:  Carlos.Sanchez at dhs.state.nj.us
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"Independence:  Believe and Achieve"  

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 3:50 PM
To: napub at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindmath] Fwd: [duxnews]

>From: "Anne Ronco" <anne at duxsys.com>
>To: <duxuser at freelists.org>,    <duxnews at freelists.org>
>Subject: [duxnews]
>Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 14:00:50 -0400
>
>Dear Duxnews and Duxuser listers,
>
>
>Duxbury Systems has released a service release for DBT 11.2 SR2 (build
>date 2014-5-6).
>
>DBT 11.2 SR2 is now shipping and available on the Web for download.
>
>
>Those with existing licenses can use Help/Check for Updates (Alt-H-U) to
>download DBT 11.2 SR2 and check if their licenses are within the eligibility
>period for receiving DBT 11.2 as a free update. Those with licenses outside
>of the eligibility period can run DBT 11.2 as a time-limited trial for up to
>45 days.
>
>DBT 11.2 SR2 can also be downloaded from our main web site home page:
><http://www.duxburysystems.com>www.duxburysystems.com
>
>The DBT 11.2 SR2 download will run as a demo version for those without a
>license.
>
>Here is a list of what's new since DBT 11.2 SR1:
>
>
>Word 2007, 2010, 2013
>-- The importer for docx files has been improved to allow better recognition
>of character fonts. Superscript and subscripts are again properly
>recognized.
>-- Braille fonts and Courier (and Consolas) fonts are recognized.
>-- Bold, Italic, and Underline recognized when applied through a character
>style, unless the character style is mapped into a DBT style.
>-- The latest BANA Template for Word has been included.
>
>Unified English Braille (UEB)
>
>UEB will begin being formally taught in UK schools in September this year
>(2014). Users are therefore advised to ensure that upgrades have been
>applied to older versions.
>-- There have been a number of very minor changes made to the UEB tables in
>this release due to clarification of some rules by ICEB.
>-- A new template, named "English (Unified) - UK formatting" has been added
>to simplify the production of UEB braille while using current UK formatting
>conventions. The template parallels the existing "English (British) - with
>capitals" template in that it contains all of the same style names. Most
>styles are identically defined, but where necessary style definitions have
>been adapted for UEB. In particular, the <acronym> style has been set to
>null since no special treatment is required for acronyms in UEB.
>-- A new template, named "English (Unified) - BANA" has been added to
>simplify the production of UEB braille while using BANA formatting
>conventions. The template parallels the existing "English (American Textbook
>DE) - BANA" template in that it contains all of the same style names, thus
>enabling production using Word in the same manner as now set up for
>production of pre-UEB American braille following BANA guidelines. Most
>styles are identically defined, but where necessary style definitions have
>been adapted for UEB. Styles have also been added for script, Maori,
>Hawaiian and Portuguese.
>
>Mathematics
>
>We continue to improve DBT's math braille capabilities, and are grateful to
>those who have helped us in this regard.
>-- In MathType imports, we fixed some issues which caused extra blank lines.
>-- Handling of over/under math characters has been enhanced.
>-- Additional characters and a few more tabular structures are now
>supported.
>-- In LaTeX imports we have added support for \widetilde.
>-- For UEB math (not used in the United States), there is an issue about
>inserting optional spaces around signs of comparison for beginners. Please
>see the following link for details:
><http://www.duxburysystems.com/documentation/ueb_math_spacing.htm>http://www.duxburysystems.com/documentation/ueb_math_spacing.htm
>
>Languages
>At least 16 different language tables have been updated.
>
>For a more detailed list, see 
><http://www.duxburysystems.com/dbtwhst.asp>http://www.duxburysystems.com/dbtwhst.asp.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Anne Ronco
>email: <mailto:info at duxsys.com>info at duxsys.com
>
>Duxbury Systems, Inc.
>270 Littleton Road, #6; Westford, MA 01886-3523 USA
>TEL: + 978-692-3000 FAX: + 978-692-7912
>Email (general): <mailto:info at duxsys.com>info at duxsys.com
>Web site: <http://www.duxburysystems.com/>http://www.DuxburySystems.com
>Duxbury Systems, the first name in software for Braille - since 1975.
>
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