Re: [Access-activists] FYI - odt2braille version 0.0.2 is now available

[Fernando H. F. Botelho]

Thanks Peter, I look forward to trying it out.

Best,

Fernando


On 09/02/2010 05:17 PM, Peter Korn wrote:
> Hi Fernando,
>
> I should have mentioned this in my previous e-mail - version 0.0.2 (and the
> prior 0.0.1) are Windows only.  They are actively working on UNIX, GNU/Linux,
> and Macintosh versions.  Note: this work is from the same group that created the
> (also AEGIS-funded) odt2daisy extension to OOo (see
> http://odt2daisy.sourceforge.net/) ->  which today is multi-platform and exports
> full DAISY books from Writer documents.  So I have confidence that they will
> have a GNU/Linux version out it not too long...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
> On 9/2/2010 1:05 PM, Fernando H. F. Botelho wrote:
> >  Wonderful news Peter, thanks.
> >
> >  I can only find a version of the extension that is for windows platforms.
> >  Will that work on GNU/Linux or where can I find the other version?
> >
> >  Best,
> >
> >  Fernando
> >
> >
> >  On 09/02/2010 03:53 PM, Peter Korn wrote:
> > >  Hi gang,
> > >
> > >  I thought this group might be interested in the AEGIS-funded odt2braille
> > >  project, an LGPL licensed extension to OpenOffice.org (and which also works 
> > > with
> > >  Oracle Open Office).  Combined with OOo Writer, odt2braille provides a complete
> > >  Braille authoring environment - supporting printing directly to a variety of
> > >  braille embossers as well as exporting to both BRF and PEF format files (and
> > >  with grade 2 translation support for a growing number of languages).
> > >
> > >  See http://odt2braille.sourceforge.net for details (and also see
> > >  http://odt2braille.sourceforge.net/support.html for the manual and screen
> > >  casts).  Also see
> > >  http://odt2braille.sourceforge.net/doc/odt2braille-dev-doc.html for the
> > >  developer guide.
> > >
> > >  Thus far it has been fully (or nearly fully) localized to English, Dutch,
> > >  French, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, Slovenian, German, and Norwegian, with
> > >  significant translation work underway to Swedish, Icelandic, Danish, and Czech.
> > >
> > >
> > >  Regards,
> > >
> > >  Peter
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