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For Immediate Release
Turbo Braille Version 3.5 Available
February 21, 1997
The latest release of Turbo Braille is now available by FTP
from "ftp.crl.com" in the directory "/ftp/users/ka/kansys". The
name of the file to retrieve is "tbrl35.zip".
Licensed owners of earlier versions can perform free
upgrades to version 3.5 unassisted by downloading this file,
unzipping it into a temporary utility directory somewhere on the
hard disk, and executing the utility "retrofix" included in the
release. Be sure the registered version is already installed on
the hard disk in a directory on the DOS path, and be sure not to
unzip the version 3.5 release into the same directory as the
registered copy. There is no charge for this upgrade, nor for
future upgrades as they become available.
For several years, a free demo version of Turbo Braille has
been available, limited to a single page of braille output per
run. Occasionally a user has been satisfied with the demo, using
successive runs to produce page 1, then page 2, then page 3,
running the program as often as necessary to braille an entire
document. It was our hope that the nuisance value of this method
would serve as pressure to purchase the package, and in fact it
often has worked just that way.
Recently we have learned about a less honorable practice in
which demo copies of Turbo Braille have been combined with (would
you believe it) NFB-Trans, a product removed from the market and
placed in the public domain several years ago. The demo of Turbo
Braille serves as a "front end" in this package, converting a
Word Perfect file to its internal "braille intermediate file" or
BIF format. The package includes an original conversion routine
translating Turbo Braille format commands into NFB-Trans format
commands, so that NFB-Trans can finish the job.
We believe this practice is a clear violation of common
decency, if not of our copyright, and we wish you to know that it
is being carried out without our permission or approval. If you
have paid any money for such a package, using Turbo Braille for
any purpose other than to sample its own performance, you have
been duped into aiding and abbetting a possibly illegal practice.
For that reason, an additional restriction now applies in
version 3.5 of Turbo Braille: BIF files will no longer be written
to disk when they are generated. We are happy to continue to
support our registered users, as well as users of demo copies, as
long as their software is the new 3.5 version or later. We regret
having to impose this additional restriction, but prudent self-
defense requires that we do so.
For software support, or for information about price and
Turbo Braille, please contact Cindy at:
cindyh@idir.net
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Telephone: (913) 843-8700
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