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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hello JooYoung<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Nice to see another BlindRUG member creating a package <smiles><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Once you get the tactileR package onto CRAN, we can then point the BRLThis function in BrailleR to use it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">A small reminder for anyone wanting to check out this work: Installation is easily achieved using:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> devtools::install_github(“sjystu/tactileR”)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This needs the devtools package installed. Anyone who has installed the BrailleR package should also have devtools installed already.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Good stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> BlindRUG [mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>JooYoung Seo via BlindRUG<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 10 June 2017 6:34 p.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Blind R Users Group'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> JooYoung Seo<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BlindRUG] Introducing tactileR package<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> I am writing this to introduce my tactileR package for those who want to print their R graphics in tactile form using either swell form machine or braille embosser.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Even though BrailleR has similar function called BRLThis(), it does not seem like it is working properly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> So I developed my own function by employing showtext package.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Using this package, you can very easily convert any R graphics into ready-to-print pdf file with braille font embedded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Since it does not support braille translation yet, special characters, math symbols, and non-roman alphabet characters are not displayed in braille.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> I think I could address this issue and improve this capability by implementing Liblouis translator for my future release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> FYI, any generated pdf file through this function should be read as “empty document” by a screen reader. However, no worries. It should show braille font on screen. You
can double-check with sighted assistance though. You can just print it out following the instruction provided on my github site to make tactiles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Please consult my github site to read some details and examples about this function.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> https://github.com/sjystu/tactileR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Any comments and constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> JooYoung<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> JooYoung Seo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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