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MOON
differs from Braille in that many of the symbols closely resemble print
letters and so are often more easily recognised by people with a visual
memory of print. Previously,
MOON text had to be laboriously printed by hand with a special machine, but
now MOON files can be easily and quickly produced by the Enterprise MOON
Translator and edited either as MOON, or as the ordinary text that generated
it. It is then a simple matter to emboss the MOON files to an Everest D or other embosser This easy to use Windows programme runs on any IBM compatible computer or laptop. The software is versatile, intuitive and simple in operation. |
The Moon Braille above says:
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A ‘Screen-Shot’
of working Enterprise2
software |
Text, .rtf, or MSWord .doc files can be opened, or loaded into the TEXT Edit Box, and then a mouse click on the Moon button will translate the Text into either Grade One, or Grade Two Moon and place the Moon Characters in the upper MOON Edit Box. Three sizes of Moon characters are available, Standard, (as used RNIB Moon documents, Large size for people with reduced tactile sensititivity, and Largest for teaching purposes. There are a variety of formatting options available including the ability to highlight the un-translated text to indicate that it is a heading, or that it is in italics, or poetry. Also text can be embossed in the Zig-Zag fashion where the first line of the page is read conventionally, left to right, and then the second line read right to left, third line left to right, fourth line right to left and so on. This is a great help for people who experience difficulty locating the beginning of the lines. |
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