xml2brl is designed to oprate as a CUPS filter. It accepts an xml or text file on stdin, translates it to Grade 2 braille (or whatever other braille format you want) and outputs the translation in stdout. To download it, go to www.chpi.org/downloads.html On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 09:30:46AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > rmshah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, le Sun 30 Oct 2005 14:50:00 -0500, a ?crit : > > Does anyone know enough about CUPS to answer this question, or to briefly explain why it is a ridiculous question? Would it be possible to perform Braille translation and emboss on the fly using CUPS? > > Provided that the document is in text format, I guess a braille filter > could be used as usual cups filter. > Event if it is not in text format, it could automatically try to run > pdf2txt, ps2txt, antiword, w3m -dump, etc. > > Regards, > Samuel > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- John J. boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer Computers to Help People, Inc. www.chpi.org 6033 Monona Drive, suite 205; Madison, WI 53716 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list