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