<div dir="ltr"><div>We have been using Duxbury braille translation software for decades.</div><div><br></div><div>I predict that working from PDF as source file will make for extra work, unless the PDFs are well structured and accessible from the start. We try to have everything sourced from Word format files (except for math, which is LaTeX).<br></div><div><br></div><div>It's a good idea to make some sample pages from a couple of books and have the student check them for suitability before instruction begins. Try to get a variety of course subjects. And if any math will be included in content, include that as well (with Nemeth, if they know it).</div><div><br></div><div>We've not seen great success with built-in translation software but it has been years since we evaluated that type of translation solution -- perhaps it's a better experience now.</div><div><br></div><div>-*- Dan<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 4:52 AM Marshall S. Bryant <<a href="mailto:bryantm@seminolestate.edu">bryantm@seminolestate.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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We will have a possible student that will be requesting braille so I am trying to be proactive in their needs. Apparently, their vision is low enough that they have learned braille and there is also some hearing loss. They are working with DBS at the moment,
so I want to assume they will need and will request all braille. My concern will be books and math since they are entering into the adult high school part of our college. Currently, we are using a Viewplus Max embosser with thier conversion software (word
add-in) to convert to braille. What software do you all recommend to convert books from Accesstext (which is mostly pdf's) to braille? In the past, I used to convert books to DAISY with a software called Dolphin Publisher. I see they has Easyconverter that
will convert to Braille, but the cost is a little high. What other software's are out there to do the conversions?</div>
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I know I can use abbyfine and turn everything into word documents. If we need to outsource, who is recommended and what are the costs associated with it?</div>
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For math. we do have mathtype, but I know that can be a long and tedious process.</div>
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I know LearningAlly has audio books, but I haven't requested books in a while since they usually do not have current textbooks.</div>
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Any thoughts or directions?</div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-*- Dan Comden <a href="mailto:danc@washington.edu" target="_blank">danc@uw.edu</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Access Technology Center <a href="http://www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/" target="_blank">www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> University of Washington UW Information Technology</font></div><div><br></div></div>