<s>
A	O
braille	B-General_Concept
translator	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
software	O
program	O
that	O
translates	O
electronic	O
text	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
MS-Word	O
file	O
)	O
into	O
braille	O
and	O
sends	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
braille	O
peripheral	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
braille	O
embosser	O
(	O
which	O
produces	O
a	O
hard	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
newly	O
created	O
braille	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
,	O
each	O
language	O
needs	O
its	O
own	O
braille	B-General_Concept
translator	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Braille	B-General_Concept
translators	I-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
run	O
by	O
people	O
with	O
or	O
without	O
sight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mitre	O
Corporation	O
team	O
of	O
Robert	O
Gildea	O
,	O
Jonathan	O
Millen	O
,	O
Reid	O
Gerhart	O
and	O
Joseph	O
Sullivan	O
(	O
now	O
president	O
of	O
Duxbury	O
Systems	O
)	O
developed	O
DOTSYS	O
III	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
braille	B-General_Concept
translator	I-General_Concept
written	O
in	O
a	O
portable	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
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