Jeroen Hellingman <jeroen@bohol.ph> writes:
I am a big supporter of XML, but I challenge you to automatically create an acceptible ASCII version from one of my XML files without manual intervention...
Don't waste your time on so called ASCII version. Simple HTML as a replacement for the traditional ASCII version is "good enough" - then tools like lynx or w3m or links(?) can do the dirty work. I do not know whether there are special HTML device for the blind; but I know some of them use lynx to browse (parts of) the web.
One small warning, they have loads of tables and other challenging stuff. I think it can be done, but it is far from trivial.
First, these text browser can display tables and if this is not good enough, you can always press a magic key and view the HTML source. Of course, if people want to spend their time on ASCII versions, it is their business. But the XML version must be the source for all other formats. -- | ,__o | _-\_<, http://www.gnu.franken.de/ke/ | (*)/'(*)