title: Automated Braille production from word-processed documents.
abstract: This paper describes a novel method for automatically generating Braille documents from word-processed (Microsoft Word) documents. In particular it details how, by using the Word Object Model, the translation system can map the layout information (format) in the print document into an appropriate Braille equivalent.
authors.affiliation: The Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering, Speech and Sensory Technology, Department of Computation, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK. p.blenkhorn@co.umist.ac.uk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blenkhorn
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001766:Blindness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011932:Reading; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012682:Sensory Aids; D012984:Software; D014110:Touch; D014175:Translating; D015443:Word Processing / Q000379:methods*