[Nfb-science] Announcing BrailleBlaster

[John J. Boyer]

wmme Thanks, David. You saved me some work in spreading the word. Right 
now we need experienced Java programmers. Later on we will need 
transcribers and technical writers.

There is a mailing list. You can subscribe by sending a message to 
brailleblaster-request at freelists.org and putting subscribe in the 
subject line.

There is also a project page at http://code.google.com/p/brailleblaster

John

On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 01:00:42AM -0500, David Andrews wrote:
> 
> >Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 00:39:55 -0500
> >From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com>
> >To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics 
> ><blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> >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
> >
> 
>                         David Andrews:  dandrews at visi.com
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