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Biblos - The Accessible Word Processor

The Biblos blog, the accessible Word Processor for making braille, tactile graphics and much more

→ Special Characters and Accented Letters
Giuseppe Di Grande 09/01/2017 00:00	When writing a social media post, you may not feel the need to use proper accented characters, likely resorting to similar-looking alternatives. However, when word processing, you require correctly formatted characters. Here’s how to achieve this. Let me start with a quick example to illustrate. Take the uppercase… 428 more words

→ Embossed Printing with Biblos and Index Braille Printers
Giuseppe Di Grande 07/07/2017 00:00	Tactile printing has always been both a blessing and a challenge for blind people worldwide. In the past, there was no software that allowed blind individuals to independently create tactile graphics. In 2009, I brought my experience with digital graphics into Biblos and programmed the first tactile graphics environment fully accessible… 1005 more words

→ How to analyze and correct a document
Giuseppe Di Grande 06/30/2017 00:00	This is an old battle horse of Biblos and its predecessor. In 1998, I started developing solutions for electronic document correction, and since then, I have continued to improve these tools. Dedicate me five minutes, and I'll explain how Biblos can help you correct your documents. Some of Biblos' more… 601 more words

→ Biblos 5 - More professional than ever
Giuseppe Di Grande 06/16/2017 00:00	Today Biblos 5 is a reality! Continuing the tradition of its previous versions, Biblos now offers you all the professionalism you've never had before, completely free of charge. Stop, you might be thinking this is just another article about what Biblos does. You're not entirely wrong, but give me… 586 more words

→ Printing Tables in Braille
Giuseppe Di Grande 06/02/2017 00:00	A recurring issue with Braille printing that I encountered during my years of activity is printing tables. It's such a debated topic that, at the beginning of Biblos, it was almost a focal point for those paving the way for me to find solutions to elegantly overcome them. I… 553 more words

→ Disegni tattili e scuola
Giuseppe Di Grande 05/26/2017 00:00	Sei un insegnante di sostegno, quest'anno ti hanno assegnato un bambino non vedente e sei alla ricerca di un metodo pratico ed efficace per riprodurre a rilievo dei disegni. Ti accorgi che la scuola possiede una stampante braille e ti viene l'idea che forse possa esserci un modo… 414 more words

→ Touchable Ink, from Samsung, the ink for braille
Giuseppe Di Grande 05/05/2017 00:00	It's called Touchable Ink, it's Samsung's ink for printing in braille with a regular laser printer. The news isn't very recent, as it dates back to September 2016, but it deserves some attention. Could this ink be a substitute for traditional expensive braille? There are approximately 270 million… 755 more words

→ How to safeguard passwords?
Giuseppe Di Grande 04/24/2017 00:00	Today managing your passwords has become a real problem. Between websites, emails, social media, PINs, services, etc., just the thought of memorizing dozens of passwords is impossible. What does Biblos have to do with the password problem? Read on, see what elegant solution I offer you. Some people always use… 555 more words

→ Biblos, the Braille printing software
Giuseppe Di Grande 04/17/2017 00:00	Biblos is a Windows utility that prints any document in Braille language. It is a free Braille text editor, very easy to use, as it is a word processor with which you can write anything. Biblos is available in 5 languages, it also opens DOCX, PDF, EPUB documents and more, and… 290 more words

→ What are Braille printing software?
Giuseppe Di Grande 04/14/2017 00:00	Have you ever asked someone what a Braille printing program actually does? I know, few can answer you. You opened Google and searched for useful information, and now you're here. In my opinion, you did the right thing, and let me explain why. These particular software programs are programs… 500 more words