Harry, I think my comments went to the list but no matter.  I think  
you may have also missed the message where in it was said that with  
jaws, dbtwin will read the braille as english.

On Feb 23, 2007, at 1:55 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

Hi all,
Well, I see that most of the latest posts are also being posted to  
the list, but to give you all a run down, here's what folks have told  
me so far.
1.  Bill from Arizona told me, he likes Megadots better because it's  
completely compadible with Windows XP.
It works well with jfw.
It's a true word processor, allowing editing of print or braille  
within the document in realtime."
Harry's note--However, I'm not going to use another word processor, I  
will be using word, so, why would I want to use another processor?
Another reason he likes Megadots is, it can read a braille document  
in standard english, which makes editing faster and easier."
Harry's note--Now folks, can Duxbury do that?  If not, then Megadots  
would be better, because, after all, who has 2 hours to edit a  
document before you braille it?
He says Duxbury always wants to read braille in braille code and  
that's very tedious."
Harry's note--I don't like tediousness.  I just want to print it out  
after I do my editing in word, just the print the thing out in braille.
He then says, "It's totally menu driven, though the menus are in dos  
style."
Harry's note--I don't know dos style.
He then says, "the developers of Megadots was all blind folks."
Harry's note--I love that idea though!
Ray from Chicago said, "I use Duxbury.
I learned on my own how to use it.
There's a good Duxbury email list you can subscribe to.
If you want to subscribe, send a blank message to


[log in to unmask]



In the subject line, type the word subscribe.
Then, just reply to the message you get back, or, go to the link in  
the message you get back.
Terri from Arizona uses Duxbury, and she says, "Megadots might be  
better for you, depending on what you want to do with it.
The command structure is easier to use in Megadots than in Duxbury.
Harry's note--I love that idea of easier!
She says, "Duxbury is very suffisticated, and you may not need most  
of it's horsepower."
Harry's note--I don't know how much of it I will need.  I just want  
to do word processing, and braille things out from Microsoft word,  
and also, stuff from the internet that I save in my Microsoft Word,  
word processor.
She says, "You need to use a refreshable braille display, so you can  
feel the formatting."
Harry's note--I have no braille display.
She says, "The Megadots command structure and ease of use is alot  
better than Duxbury."
Harry's note--I love that idea, but I don't know dos too well, and I  
don't like having to type a huge bunch of dos key strokes to get a  
command done.
David said, "I know the help documents in duxbury should help you,  
and I know folks who will train you to use Duxbury.  It's easy to do  
word docs with it."
He's used Duxbury products since the dos days and have never had a  
problem using it, and getting tech support.
Jack said, "Harry, check out


http://www.robobraille.org



Harry's note--I will do that!
Terri says, "I would choose the Duxbury braille translator.  The  
reason is, because DBT Win is a windows based application, not a dos  
based application like Megadots is.
It appears that Duxbury has corrected many of the issues in Megadots,  
but it's still 1 platform made to fit into another.
These days, I do the same kind of brailling you want to do.
I do word docs, stuff like that.
I do stuff off the web, and braille books from NLS.
I found it very easy to do all, using dbt Win.
For example, sometimes I have a word doc opened, and I just do a  
control+a to select all and paste it into an empty DBTWin file.   
That's just one quick way of brailling something, using it.
DBTWin can handle most any source as well.
It can handle stuff from notetakers."
Harry's note--I love all that, which she said!
So folks, there's all I found out.
If anyone else posts on this issue, send to the list instead of to  
me, then, I won't have to type all this stuff out.
Harry


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