From the product website:
Duxbury Systems leads the world in software for braille with Windows, Macintosh, DOS, and UNIX programs. Their flagship products, the Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT) and MegaDots, are used by virtually all of the world's leading braille publishers. No one supports more languages than Duxbury Systems -- DBT supports grade 1 and grade 2 translation in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Malaysian, Swedish, as well as other languages. The software can produce contracted and uncontracted braille, mathematics, and technical braille.
Use DBT to import MS Word files and turn them into braille at the touch of a button. You can also create braille from virtually any word processor, scan in information, use information from the World Wide Web, or create documents with our built-in word processors. With Duxbury translators, making braille has never been easier.
1. Save your MS Word or Kurzweil 1000 documents as text (.txt) files.
2. Open Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT) by double-clicking on the shortcut on the adaptive machine desktop.
3. From the File menu, choose Open and find your text document for translation. (alternatively, you can actually create your documents in the DBT text editor) You can always access the File menu in DBT by using Alt-F
4. Complete any changes or edits you wish to make in your text document before performing braille translation.
5. To translate your document into Braille , choose Translate from the File menu.
6. To emboss your braille document on the Index 4x4 Braille Embosser, make sure that the embosser is turned on (the button is on the top lefthand corner of the embosser cabinet; the embosser will tell you that it is now turned on) and that there is paper in the paper feeder. Get a consultant to help you if you are unsure of how to do this or if the embosser is out of paper.
Next choose Emboss from the File menu. Your document will be embossed on the Index 4x4.
To access the online help for DBT press Alt-H. "Help Topic" is the first choice on the list. Press "enter" to select it. To access the complete DBT Manual press Alt-H then scroll down the menu using the arrow key until you find "DBT Users Guide" and press "enter" to select it.
The DBT Manual is also available in a printed version and a Braille version from the adaptive lab staff.