INTERESTING SERVICE OFFERING, ANYONE TRIED IT? COMMENTS?

From: Brian Buhrow (buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org)
Date: Mon Dec 04 1995 - 23:56:40 PST


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>Message #1: International HTML to Braille Transformation Service
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>From: senkmj@ptbma.usbm.gov (Mark J. Senk WB3CAI) (by way of
>joeclark@hookup.net (Joe Clark))
>Message #1
>Subject: International HTML to Braille Transformation Service
>Date: 17 Nov 1995 18:42:42 GMT
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>Index Number: 38361
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>I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds like an interesting project.
>
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> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 13:30:16 +0100
> From: Thomas Kahlisch <kahlisch@INF.TU-DRESDEN.DE>
> To: Multiple recipients of list ICADD <ICADD@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU>
> Subject: International HTML to Braille Transformation Service
>
>Hello ICADD,
>
>in reference to the discussion of further ICADD activities, I would like to
>inform the community about this:
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> INTERNATIONAL __ HTM ---> BRAILLE __ SERVICE
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>
>To improve access to the World Wide Web, for persons who are blind, the Dresden
>University of Technology is announcing a form based transformation service
>for HTML documents into American, France and German Braille.
>
>Check the beta version of this service by pointing your WWW-browser to the
>following address:
>
> URL http://elvis.inf.tu-dresden.de/html2brl/
>
>Frank Preuss, a student of computer science at the TU Dresden, Institut fuer
>Informationssysteme, AG Studium fuer Blinde und Sehbehinderte, has implemented
>the transformation service.
>
>The service is designed by the use of the ICADD guidelines for the
>transformation of SGML documents into accessible formats for print disabled
>persons, published in the ISO 12083 standard [1].
>
>The idea of this project was initiated by the "HTML to ICADD Transformation
>Service" at the University of California, Los Angeles, developed by Jeff
>Suttor [2]. Jeff supports our work and we would like to thank him very much
>for all his inspiration.
>
>The TU Dresden "International HTML to Braille Service" extends the idea, to
>convert Web pages into Braille, from one - into three languages. The
>transformation of the documents into the different Braille notations is
>designed by the use of the German HBS software [3].
>
>The service can be initiated, by filling out and submitting the online form,
>available at the WWW address given above. A user can specify an URL, that
>points to a document, which has to be translated by the service. Radio buttons
>can be used for the choice of the appropriate Braille formats.
>
>The following Braille formats are available:
>
>- German contracted Braille
>- German uncontracted Braille
>- France uncontracted Braille
>- American uncontracted Braille
>
>After submitting the form the specified document will be translated into the
>chosen Braille format and displayed by the browser. The received document can
>be read immediately or saved to a local file.
>
>Please check out the service and let us know, whether you have any kind of
>problems or further suggestions.
>
>Thomas Kahlisch & Frank Preuss <html2brl@elvis.inf.tu-dresden.de>
>
>[1] ISO,
> ANSI / NISO / ISO 12083 Electronic Manuscript Preparation
> and Markup,
> Annex 8: Facilities for Braille, large print and computer
> voice,
> 1994.
>
>[2] Jeff Suttor,
> HTML to ICADD Transformation Service,
> University of California - Los Angeles,
> URL: http://www.ucla.edu/ICADD/html2icadd-form.html
>
>[3] HBS - Hagener Brailleschrift System,
> Fernuniversitaet Hagen - Gesamthochschule,
> Zentrum fuer Fernstudienentwicklung,
> Red. Fernstudium fuer Sehgeschaedigte.
>
>-- Th.
> Thomas Kahlisch | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN
> E-Mail: kahlisch@inf.tu-dresden.de | Institut fuer Informationssysteme
> Telefon: +49 351 4575 410 | AG Studium fuer Blinde und
> Fax: +49 351 4575 335 | Sehbehinderte
> WWW: http://elvis.inf.tu-dresden.de/~kahlisch/
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