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BRAILLE TRANSLATION SOFTWARE


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Duxbury Translation Software
Mega Dots Translation Software
Optical Braille Recognition Software


Duxbury Translation Software

Price: (Windows) $595.00; (Mac) $645.00

The Duxbury Braille Translator makes it easy to produce English Braille from print (or vice versa), even by persons unfamiliar with the complex contraction and formatting rules of braille printing houses throughout the world.

Features include:
Industry standard in accuracy and speed for bi-directional Grade 1 and Grade 2 translation
American and British rules
Grade 2 French and Spanish
Grade 1 for all other languages
Supports dozens of word processors

The Duxbury Braille Editor for Windows also enables sighted transcribers to compose and edit braille on-screen by using six on-the-home row keys as if they were the keys of a Perkins Braille Typewriter. The Editor can be used in conjunction with the Translator or stand-alone.

The Duxbury Braille Editor for Macintosh, also based on proven Braille translation technology, accesses user-friendly features to produce high-quality Braille.


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Mega Dots Translation Software

Price: $540.00

Mega Dots is a word processing and Braille translation program. A skilled braillist can enter data directly using six keys on the PC's keyboard as an electronic Braille writer. Mega Dots is loaded with 'Transcriber Friendly' features. It is also possible to print the Braille text as Braille dot patterns on the screen.

MEGA DOTS Spell Checker enables the user to correct and edit spelling errors within the braille translation software.


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Optical Braille Recognition Software

Price: $895.00

READ BRAILLE WITH YOUR SCANNER
OBR (Optical Braille Recognition) is a Windows software that allows you to 'read' single- and double-sided Braille documents on a standard A4 scanner. The retrieved information can be used in all types of Windows applications or directly on an Index Braille Embosser.

The scanning process is simple and quick. You can process two sides of a Braille sheet in a single scan. Pressing the SCAN icon starts the process of scanning. After less than thirty seconds, the information is presented at the screen. Continue to scan the next page or start to use the information.

The Braille information in a small letter or a complete Braille Book can be retrieved into computer form in the same easy way, even if you do not read Braille at all. The recognition from a good quality Braille document is excellent. But even scanning an old worn-out Braille document, the fault frequency is surprisingly low. By using standard Windows functions, your Braille handling system will be complete and effective.

DO YOU NEED OBR?
Everyone that works with Blind people and do not read Braille will benefit from OBR. For example: teachers who do not read Braille, public organizations communicating with Blind individuals and Computerized Braille Libraries.

READ BRAILLE IN ONE MINUTE
The scanning and decoding of an A4 page will normally take about one minute. You can select scan single- or double-sided, a single page or several pages and different Braille cell sizes. If the Braille document has been placed in a faulty direction at the scanner it can be corrected with a SWAP and ROTATE command without re-scanning the document.

OBR Software consists of the original software diskette, manual in Braille and ink and a special yellow correction filter to be placed on the scanner surface. It runs on a standard Pentium PC with Windows.

COPY OLD BRAILLE BOOKS
The recognition function of OBR is stable, even if the source Braille document is of low quality. In combination with spell checking and other Windows functions, almost all Braille documents can easily be retrieved into computer format.

DOUBLE-SIDED DOT-TO-DOT EMBOSSING
The OBR Software can be used with any type of Index Braille Embosser for direct embossing of a scanned document. Independent of language or type of Braille code, the copy will be embossed without the involvement of any translation program.

DOT-TO-DOT PICTURE
Wide Braille pages? OK! A normal Braille page of 29 lines, 42 characters is too large for a A4 scanner. It, and even wider pages, can still be scanned by the MERGE function at the OBR.

Start with scanning of a part of the large page, continue with the rest of the page. The merge function will map these two pictures and present the whole page as one document.

OBR TECHNICAL DATA
Computer Required: PC with Pentium 90MHz or better, min 32MB RAM. (Recommended PC with Pentium 200 MHz or better, min 2MB RAM, 2MB of hard disk space.)
Scanner: Scanner drivers supports ALL Hewlett-Packard models from ScanJet II. Check Index home page for new drivers.
Braille type: Single and double sided Braille 2.5, 2.2 and 3.2mm dot- distance within the cell.
Calibration: Automatic calibration using a calibration sheet included in the software.
Editor: A simple editor with standard features is included in software.
Rotate, Swap: Functions to for correcting a page scanned in faulty direction.
Auto Rotate function - the program can automatically find the correct rotation of the page.
Direct Embossing: Dot to Dot transparent embossing to Index brand of embossers.
Braille: Single and double sided Braille 2.5 and 2.2 mm dot distance within the cell. Braille translation codes: 17 standard tables.
ASCII: The scanned information can be saved in an ASCII file for use by other applications.


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