Duxbury Systems Inc

270 Littleton Road, Suite 6
Westford, Massachusetts 01886-3523
United States
Telephone: 978-692-3000.
Fax: 978-692-7912.
Web: http://www.duxburysystems.com.
Email: info@duxsys.com.

Discontinued products manufactured by Duxbury Systems Inc (listed alphabetically)

1. COMPLETE MATH PRODUCTION PACKAGE

   --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 02/2009) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Complete Math Production Package is a mathematical Braille translation program designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision. This package includes the Duxbury Braille Translator for Windows (see separate entry) and provides the additional capability of handling all types of equations from simple arithmetic to complex science and engineering notation.

2. DUXBURY BRAILLE BOARD FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS

   --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 02/2009) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Duxbury Braille Board is a braille translation program designed to translate written text into grade 2 braille for individuals who are blind or have low vision. A simplified version of the Duxbury Braille Translator for Windows (see separate entry), the Braille Board is very flexible in its mode of operation. As a stand-alone application, it can create braille and emboss it on a commercial embossing device or an engraving machine equipped with a compatible braille font and save work as an ASCII text file for use in almost any MS-DOS application. For users who create layouts in other Windows applications, the braille fonts included with this program enable the creation of layouts in such programs as Aldus PageMaker, CASmate, FlexiSign, Graphix Advantage, CorelDRAW and Ventura Publisher for Windows, and others. COMPATIBILITY: For use with IBM and compatible computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 386 through Pentium or higher processor, 2 megabytes (MB) RAM, 1MB available hard drive space, Microsoft Windows 3.0 or higher, and support for Adobe Type 1 or True Type Fonts.

3. DUXBURY BRAILLE EDITOR (EDGAR)

   --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 02/2009) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Duxbury Braille Editor (Edgar) is a Braille text editor that allows blind and sighted transcribers to compose and edit Braille files in DOS. Edgar, a page-oriented editor, enables the user to edit Braille using six of the home-row keys on the QWERTY keyboard as if they were the keys of a Perkins Brailler. Editing can also be done using Edgar's bi-directional translation capabilities. The six-dot Braille cells are graphically represented on the screen. For blind users with screen access devices, the Braille can be viewed as ASCII text instead of Braille graphics. Additional features include: multiple file editing, no practical limit on file size, and page formatting capabilities. Edgar may be used either with, or independently of, the Duxbury Braille Translator (see separate entry). COMPATIBILITY: For use on IBM PC or compatible computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 286 or higher processor, 640K random access memory (RAM), 1 megabyte (Mb) available hard drive space, MS-DOS version 3.3 or higher, and a CGA, MCGA, Hercules, or VGA graphics adapter.

4. DUXBURY BRAILLE FONT FOR ADOBE TYPE MANAGER

   --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 02/2009) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Duxbury Braille Font for Adobe Type Manager is a braille font designed to be used with the Duxbury Braille Translator (see separate entry) to create informational graphics containing simulated braille. The font is compatible with a variety of desktop publishing or graphics programs, including PageMaker and QuarkXPress, that use the Adobe Type Manager or Type 1 fonts. COMPATIBILITY: For use on Macintosh computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Requires System Software version 6.0.7 or higher.

5. DUXBURY BRAILLE TRANSLATOR FOR MS-DOS

   --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 02/2009) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Duxbury Braille Translator for MS-DOS (DBT for DOS) is a Braille translation program designed to provide Braille computer output for individuals who are blind. DBT for DOS is also designed to help persons who are not familiar with Braille as well as professional Braille transcribers to create highly accurate Braille versions of school textbooks and other teaching materials, office memos, restaurant menus, and signs compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Features include compatibility with speech output programs, refreshable Braille displays, and all major Braille printers; ability to import from popular word processors such as WordPerfect and Microsoft Word; Grade 1 and Grade 2 Braille translation in numerous languages, with Grade 2 translation available for most languages that use Grade 2 Braille; American Computer Braille Code and American Math/Science Code (Nemeth Code) translation; bidirectional (print-to-Braille and Braille-to-print) translation; textbook layout according to Braille Authority of North America (BANA) or Braille Authority of the United Kingdom (BAUK) standards; interline printing with ink and Braille aligned on the same page; the Duxbury Braille Font for viewing Braille dots within other programs; documentation in print, Braille, and electronic formats; and unlimited technical support by telephone, e-mail, or fax. COMPATIBILITY: For use on IBM and compatible computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 386, 486, Pentium or better central processing unit (CPU), 486/66 or faster recommended; 2 megabytes (Mb) random access memory (RAM) and 6 Mb hard disk space; and MS-DOS version 5.0 or higher, or equivalent operating system. WARRANTY: 90 days.

6. DUXBURY BRAILLE TRANSLATOR FOR THE APPLE MACINTOSH (DBT MAC)

   --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 02/2009) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- The Duxbury Braille Translator for the Apple Macintosh (DBT Mac) is a Braille translation program designed to provide Braille computer output for individuals who are blind. DBT Mac is also designed to help persons who are not familiar with Braille as well as professional Braille transcribers to create highly accurate Braille versions of school textbooks and other teaching materials, office memos, restaurant menus, and signs compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Features include compatibility with speech output programs, refreshable Braille displays, and all major Braille printers; ability to import from popular word processors such as WordPerfect and Microsoft Word; Grade 1 and Grade 2 Braille translation in numerous languages, with Grade 2 translation available for most languages that use Grade 2 Braille; American Computer Braille Code and American Math/Science Code (Nemeth Code) translation; bidirectional (print-to-Braille and Braille-to-print) translation; textbook layout according to Braille Authority of North America (BANA) or Braille Authority of the United Kingdom (BAUK) standards; interline printing with ink and Braille aligned on the same page; the Duxbury Braille Font for viewing Braille dots within other programs; documentation in print, Braille, and electronic formats; and unlimited technical support by telephone, e-mail, or fax. COMPATIBILITY: For use on the Macintosh Plus or newer. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Power Mac System 7.0 or later, 6 megabytes (Mb) hard drive space, and 2 Mb random access memory (RAM). WARRANTY: 90 days.

7. TACTILE GRAPHICS DESIGNER PRO

   --- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 01/2013) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. ---Tactile Graphics Designer Pro (TGD Pro) is a braille graphics program designed to produce braille or tactile graphics for individuals who are blind or have low vision. TGD Pro is a product combining two programs, QikTac (see separate entry) and TraceME. TraceME is a drawing program specifically designed for freehand sketching, tracing, and/or transforming of color photographs, line drawings, clip art, or scanned images into a tactile form for output to a braille printer or to braille graphics paper (capsule paper). TGD Pro is available with or without a TagPad (see separate entry), but use of a TagPad makes it possible to trace any diagram directly from the TagPad into QikTac or TraceMe. Scanned images may also be used but they often require a great deal of editing. With the combination of QikTac and TraceME, it is possible to transform pictures from a 'photorealistic' form (a photograph, painting or other line drawing) into a dot based braille graphics image. TraceME also includes a low vision mode. Over 200 graphics files are included in SIG (TGD files for embossing), BMP, JPG, and GIF formats. TGP Pro operates in Swedish, Spanish, English, Norwegian, Malay and Brazilian/Portuguese. German is available in a beta version. The manual is available in English only. COMPATIBILITY: For use on IBM and compatible computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millenium, or Windows 2000 US/English.

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