Braille Software

An End-User Software License must be agreed to before software can be installed. If the software is for a refreshable braille display, or a screen reader, doesn't that make it difficult(impossible) for a person who needs the hardware in order to to read the EULA in the first place, to agree to it?

Someone can help to install it for him/her.

2008-12-07 23:44:00 by Zerothis

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Which software can I use to translate English to Braille

2006-09-15 07:01:46 by rahbernazir

You can get voice recognition software I know.

yes you can get a device that connects to your pc and converts text to braille contact the RNIB website for more details

2006-11-07 04:43:06 by Nettie

Price: $5.95 $5.95

This question is for the blind or family members of the blind that have used this service. I would like to translate a word document into braille. I have downloaded the software, but cant seem to get it to work. It asks whether I want to translate a text file, emboss a text file that has already been translated, or back translate a file. I cant seen to get the file to translate. It asks for the source file name (which I have done correctly) but after telling the program to translate it, the window disappears. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks ahead of time.

Nfbtrans does not work on MS Word documents, only .txt files. When you start the program, you need to specify both the source file and the destination file, as nfbtrans doc.txt doc.brf

Documentation for one version is at:
http://w3.wmcnet.org/braille/nfbtrans/nf btransdoc/

If you resave your Word document as a text file and include source and destination file names, you should be fine.

2008-09-09 20:03:08 by Crysdan

Why is it that people don't seem to understand that the blind can still do just about everything the sighted can short of driving?

I recently answered a question asked by a person who said they had lost an eye in an accident. I responded by stating that i wasn't sure if this person was considered legally blind or not, but that I was and can (and did) point him in the right direction to get help if he is eligable. I also corrected a person who answered him rather rudely, jumping to conclusions about his condition which he did not give many details about.

This person later replied to me and stated in her reply that I was not legally blind. I can only assume she came to this conclusion because I am using a computer, but don't people realize that blind people use technology (computers, cell phones, the internet, iPods, GPS's, and more) every day and with as much ease of use as a sighted person? Just with accessible software like JAWS, ZoomText, TALKS, braille displays, etc?

The ignorance people who post here have about blindness is truly astonishing. I don't understand why some people who post in this section even read it.

I agree 100% that a person who was born blind, or acquired their blindness as a child finds blindness second nature. It is there way of being and everything they do blindness is part of it. My best friend who is blind recently flew an airplane and looks forward to the day when she can drive a car. She has 0% sight. But the plane could be driven completely through automatic controls.

I don't think anyone with recently acquired blindness has it quite so easy. More often than not there is a long period of adjustment - everything possible for a long time blind person is possible - but the person is still reeling from the changes in their life and isn't taking advantage of most of the assistive technology that could give them a high quality of life - still.

With proper training, equipment, technology, and support a person who is blind can experience nearly exactly the same life as others (or before they were blind), albeit in a different way.

2008-04-16 05:42:41 by i_come_from_under_the_hill