My father passed away a couple of weeks ago. And while it’s never easy to lose a family member, it’s been heartwarming to hear stories of how he impacted people’s lives.
It’s likely that a number of HN users have used or benefited from his braille translation software, in the form of BRAILLE-EDIT, MegaDots, DBT, or the accessibility tools built into some of the most popular smartphones. He built braille-to-print (and vice versa) translation tools for probably every language you have ever heard of and then some. His work in this field started all the way back with the Apple II.
Anyone interested in the history of braille translation technology may want to check out the archive of the Raised Dot Computing Newsletter, written by David and his wife, Caryn Navy, in the 80s and 90s.
It’s likely that a number of HN users have used or benefited from his braille translation software, in the form of BRAILLE-EDIT, MegaDots, DBT, or the accessibility tools built into some of the most popular smartphones. He built braille-to-print (and vice versa) translation tools for probably every language you have ever heard of and then some. His work in this field started all the way back with the Apple II.
Anyone interested in the history of braille translation technology may want to check out the archive of the Raised Dot Computing Newsletter, written by David and his wife, Caryn Navy, in the 80s and 90s.
https://www.duxburysystems.org/downloads/library/news/