Achievement : Mitranetra Braille Converter

What is Mitranetra Braille Converter
Mitranetra Braille Converter  is software to process braille letters easier, in order to produce books and reading materials for people with visually impaired. Although it has ability as an editor, the name “converter” is selected for its ability to convert that is not owned by another editor. Converter means this software able to convert any Ms word or plaintext or rich text document into braille formatted document. With this converter ability, everyone can create a braille formatted document even he/she never read and doesn’t understand the braille system at all. Just create your article in Ms Word, open it with MBC, click the convert button and done, it sound easy isn’t it, and I assure you, it just as easy as that.

This software actually combine the text editor and word processors. Every character in Braille must treated as plain text , even for tab, allign or margin due to braille printer (embosser) can only understand plain text. However, almost every writer prefer to write in “word processors” than text editor due to the ease of use.  That is why MBC provide “berkas cetak” as the word processors and “berkas braille” as the text only editor. And don’t forget, you can convert the “berkas braille” to “berkas braille” in just one easy click the convert button.

MBC Scheme and Feature
When someone ask ” what is MBC’s ability? “, just answer “MBC has abilities”. Let’s se the main design scheme of this software.

mbc grand design

Just as I said before, “MBC has abilities”, it has many features :

1. Full editor braille
   Full support as braille editor for both the international paper and national paper. And addressed to the needs of children  MBC add ½ pages of national papers. MBC also support the use of six key braille Perkins
2. One Click Converting
   Just by one click to convert Ms Word/plaintext/rtf files to Braille formatted text.
3. Multi Language
   Support the conversion of both English and Indonesian language, with the use of grade 2 contraction enable. MBC also owned the flexibility of the use for other languages. MBC also equipped with English and Indonesian language menu.
4. Multi Page Printing
   Multi copy printing maybe is not an issue commonly. But in braille, it still an annoying issue, so ability of multi copy is a big deal.
5. Reference Page Enable
   Already equipped with the insertion of a reference page for asynchronous of  “dokumen awas” page with braille books pages.
6. Multi Embosser
   Fully support various embosser or braille printer as braillo 400,200,comet, ET romeo, Juliet, bookmaker and express
7. Support MS. Office 2003/2007
8. Compatible Window XP/Vista/ window 7
9. Support Braille Font
   Support CBC (Computer braille code) braille with font braille and simbraille true type font

Tampilan Software Mitranetra Braille Converter

Acknowledgements
MBC is my first professional achievement.  We need the full year to complete this software.  I got lots of knowledge like management software developmet, knowledge of Braille, knowledge of dealing with other people. My grateful to Mitranetra Foundation for having entrusted this project to me as the main developer. Especially for Pakdhe Ahyar, Pak Ichsan, Mas Budi and Pak Irwan whose always encourage me and give all their knowledge about Braille system for the sake of MBC software completion.
Very rude if I forget to say a big thank you to my subordinates Wicaksana Trihatmaja and Arie Triono, best friends who always accompany me in finishing this software, late nights together at Saung,working, coding, joking and sharing of each love story ha ha ha.

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Visual Studio C# 2005
dot.net framework 2.0
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