[Nfb-science] Fwd: [duxnews]

[David Andrews]

>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
>
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