[BRLTTY] OT: embossing to network Index DV5 from Linux

[Vianet Technical Support]

	hello Devin.  The Index embosser is an embosser, not a formatter.
What that means is that the files you send to it must be formatted in the manner
you want them embossed.  If you send text files, you'll get computer
braille, since there is a 1 to 1 mapping between the ASCII codes and
embossed braille symbols.  In fact, to clarify further, the Index expects
you to send ASCII files containing the symbols arranged to produce the
braille you want to read in the format you want to read it.  In other
words, if you want to send Microsoft Word documents to the embosser and you
want them to be formatted in a certain way, you need to convert them into
ASCII files that are formatted in accoradance with your needs.  The most
common commercial tool that does this is Duxbury Systems, but Liblouis and
some other tools from APH can produce well formatted brf (braille formatted
ASCII) files from Word documents.  I use NFB Trans, an old  grade II
translator that works well, but doesn't produce UEB English braille.
Glad you got it working.  Now comes the hard part of producing well formed
content for it.
-thanks
-Brian