Software and tools

On this page, you can find links to apps and applications that you can use in connection with the RoboBraille service:

• E-book readers
• DAISY Players
• Math
• Braille

The software landscape is changing constantly. Please write to support@sensus.dk in case you encounter problems with any of software described below or to propose other solutions that you have found to be useful in connection with RoboBraille. 

E-book readers

• Adobe Digital Editions. EPUB3 e-book reader for Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX (Mac).
  • Download from http://www.adobe.com/dk/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html
    
• Dolphin EasyReader for Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX (Mac). Also supports math, but appears to require MathPlayer to do so.
  • Download from https://yourdolphin.com/easyreader
    
• VI Reader. EPUB e-book reader for people with visual impairments or dyslexia for Apple iOS and Google Android.
  • Apple iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/vi-reader/id553197112?mt=8.
  • Google Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.sensus.vireader
    
• MathML support on EPUB3 reading systems by the MathJax Project: https://docs.mathjax.org/en/v2.7-latest/misc/epub.html
  
• EPUB3 Support Grid by IDPF. Current information on features and accessibility support in EPUB3 e-book readers.
  • Visit the list at http://epubtest.org

DAISY Players

• Dolphin EasyReader for Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX (Mac). Also supports math, but appears to require MathPlayer to do so.
  • Download from https://yourdolphin.com/easyreader

• Voice of DAISY for Apple iOS.
  • Download from https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-of-daisy/id335608379?l=da&mt=8

• AMIS for Microsoft Windows (Open Source).
  • Download from http://www.daisy.org/amis/download

• The DAISY Consortium’s website with info on technologies, projects and services: www.daisy.org

Math

• MathType by Wiris (formerly by Design Science). Equation editor for Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX (Mac) for creating accessible math contents in documents, presentations, web pages and more.
  • Download from http://www.wiris.com/mathtype
    
• EquatIO by TextHelp. Recognises math in scanned documents, including handwritten math. Recognised math objects can be inserted as MathType into other documents.
  • Download from https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/equatio/
    
• InftyReader. An Optical Character Recognition (OCR) application for recognising and conversion of scanned scientific documents (including math symbols) into LaTeX, MathML and XHTML.
  • Download from http://www.inftyreader.org

Braille

Braille in the Portable Embosser Format (PEF) can be embossed using Dotify Studio. Free installers for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and other platforms can be downloaded from the following link: https://github.com/brailleapps/dotify-studio/releases. Updated versions of the installers can be downloaded from the following link: https://github.com/mtmse/dotify-studio/releases.