Do you have the latest liblouis release? It came out about a week ago. I can forward the release announcement. It includes all URLs. John On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 02:57:03PM +0100, Didier Spaier wrote: > Hi Al and All, > > I have tried to build liblouisxml pulled from git master (Debian source files). > > Bad news: build failed on Slint64-14.2.1, some of the components being too old. > > Good news: build succeeded on Slackware64-15.0 (building box for the upcoming > slint64-15.0), so a package for Slint64-15.0 is ready. > > Unfortunately it can't be used on Slint64-14.2.1 as the programs lbx_devonly > and, more importantly xml2brl can't run because there the glibc version is not > the same as on 15.0 > > So, please be patient: this stuff (included all dependencies) will be shipped in > Slint 64-15.0. > > Thanks to John for liblouisxml and to Samuel to have maintained it during the > last 11 years. > > Cheers, > Didier > -- > Didier Spaier > Slint maintainer > > Le 16/03/2022 à 20:40, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : > > Hi, Didier. Thanks for that information. Yes, that seems to be what I need, if > > possible along with antiword and a couple of items the README mentions that I > > forget. If those other items are more than you want to put in Slint, then I > > presume I'll get them by way of the other README information. > > > > > > Al > > > > > > On 3/16/22 13:37, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Hi Al, > >> > >> It appears that liblouis xml ins maintained for Debian by Samuel Thibault so > >> Debian based distributions get it too. > >> > >> I will build a Slint package for Slint using the same source files if you need > >> that. > >> > >> But please look first at this README: > >> https://salsa.debian.org/a11y-team/liblouisxml/-/blob/master/README > >> > >> and confirm or infirm that it is what you are looking for. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Didier > >> -- > >> Didier Spaier > >> Slint maintainer. > >> > >> Le 16/03/2022 à 18:03, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : > >>> Thanks, Jeff. I'm using Slint. I didn't see either of the programs you > >>> mention. Maybe there's something else. > >>> > >>> > >>> Best! > >>> > >>> Al > >>> > >>> > >>> On 3/16/22 03:30, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I'm trying to find out how to use Liblouis to translate documents from print > >>>>> to Braille. Specifically, my wife would like me to find out how to translate > >>>>> Russian documents into Braille ones. At the moment, though, I haven't yet > >>>>> learned a command to run for translating anything: the Liblouis > >>>>> documentation looks to have a lot of useful material, but I could find > >>>>> nothing about running a command, with whatever arguments and options I might > >>>>> need, to create a Braille output file from a print input file. > >>>> In Debian, I see liblouis-bin and liblouisxml-bin packages which can probably > >>>> help you. Other distributions probably have something similar. > >>>> > >>>>> I read about a command called file2brl, apparently part of a program called > >>>>> Liblouisutdml, but that program's not on my system even though Liblouis > >>>>> itself is. > >>>> Apparently, UTDML is unified tactile document markup language, whcih is > >>>> presumably used for maps, diagrams, etc. This is probably not what you need. > >>>> > >>>> HTH, > >>>> Geoff. > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- John J. Boyer Email: john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services that are available at no cost _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list