From Duxbury: Announcing DBT 15.1

DBT 15.1 for Windows and DBT 15.1 for Mac are now available.

Please read below for what is new in DBT 15.1:

eBraille Support

  • DBT 15.1 supports export of eBraille files from braille documents.
  • Command line support for eBraille conversion is included, using a new /ebrl command line switch.

Other Exporter Improvements

  • Formatted braille files may be saved in Unicode Braille Patterns encoding.

Accessibility

  • JAWS voicing of the translated line while editing large braille files is better-synchronized to what is shown on a connected braille display.

Importers

  • An arbitrary size limitation within DBT has been lifted, allowing for importing larger .docx files.
  • The .docx importer now adds a hard space after the function name for a math function.
  • The .docx importer will now recognize both old and new definitions of Red, as well as similar custom colors.
  • Problems placing images using TactileView 3 have been corrected.

Editing and User Interface

  • When hiding codes on the translated line, DBT will hide even codes at the end of the line.
  • The status line display is more reliable about leaving sufficient width to show text.
  • Several codes have been added to the Codes List dialog.

Language Support

  • The English/Unified (UEB) print-to-braille translation table (file enuncp.btb, now version 16;4 260707) has been updated to suppress the contraction “con” in the word “cons” in most instances, excepting only certain cases where the immediate context makes clear that “cons” is a formal or informal abbreviation of a longer word where “con” would be contracted, e.g. “ex-cons” (short for “ex-convicts”). This is an effort to more commonly comply with RUEB 2024 section 10.6.4.
  • DBT now includes an updated version of the BANA Template for Microsoft® Word™: BANA Braille 2026. Both >English (UEB) – BANA DBT templates and the style map file for them are updated as well.
  • The Urdu (Pakistan) print-to-braille translation table (file urdpcp.btb, now version 5;3 260310) has been updated to fix some reported errors.

Full details of DBT release history are available on the Duxbury Systems website.

To check if you are eligible for a free update to DBT 15.1 or to see an estimated update price quote please open your current DBT version and go to Help/Check for Updates in the menus.

To get an official price quote please contact [email protected] or your AT dealer.