[NFBCS] Perhaps we need a Braille converter

[Rasmussen, Lloyd]

Try reading some braille material using BARD Mobile for iOS. I think you'll find that the algorithm implemented in that software will meet most of your requirements. The function is called braille reflow, and you need to set your braille line length to that of your display. 

Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20542
202-707-0535     https://nls.loc.gov
The preceding opinions are my own and not necessarily those of the Library of Congress, NLS.


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Cc: Gary Wunder <gwunder at earthlink.net>
Subject: [NFBCS] Perhaps we need a Braille converter

I have been reading books on a refreshable Braille display from NLS lately, and no matter the display unless it is a 40 character one, the formatting is bothersome. I don't line 40 character lines that end with a line feed when I'm reading on a 20 or 32 cell display. I don't like the long line of dashes. I may not even be interested in the print page number. In hard copy no big deal, but on a display, a big deal indeed.

Does anyone know of a formatter we might use, or is anyone interested in contracting to write one?

 

Gary

 

 

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