Duxbury, NIMAS Files, and NimPro
Latest Version: Preview 10; Uploaded: March 3, 2010.
This web page is intended only for people who have been to, or are planning shortly to attend, a training session on NIMAS files and NimPro. Our training sessions convey a lot of information about NIMAS files and NimPro that you won't find here.
Duxbury Systems is introducing a new product, NimPro, to read NIMAS files. This product automates many of the common transcriber steps which may be very time consuming. These files can then be exported to DBT (version 10.7) or to MegaDots (version 2.4).
NimPro is currently available for no additional charge for licensed DBT 10.7 and MegaDots 2.4 users. This may change in the future. Other uses prohibited. You will be prompted for your DBT license text or MegaDots serial number and password during installation of NimPro.
Be aware that some NIMAS files are very large. Dealing with large files requires a lot of memory. We recommend that your computer have 2G of RAM memory in order to deal with large NIMAS files.
Downloading NimPro
Click here to download NimPro (Preview 10)
NimPro Email Discussion Forum
Users who are interested in giving feedback on the design of NimPro, or at least following the process should
subscribe to the NimProDesign mailing list.
Click here
for the details, and for a form to subscribe.
Downloading NimPro PowerPoint Training Materials
The following PowerPoint presentation were given at the Novemeber 21, 2008 Training Session:
Transcribing NIMAS Files
Downloading Other Duxbury Software
Please note: Duxbury DBT and MegaDots downloads function as "demo" programs without a valid license.
Duxbury DBT download
MegaDots download
QuickTac download
Recent Improvements in NimPro
Improvements since Preview 6 (July 2009), include:
- A stable native file save. Interim saves of NimPro native files allow users to save work in progress and continue later.
- List handling recognizes different enumeration styles (roman numerals, letters) and continuation numbering.
- Improved rules regarding page number entries in a Table of Contents.
- Many more Daisy tags now recognized.
- Improved display where paragraphs straddle a page break
- NimPro native files now fully compliant with the Daisy DTD and readable by third party programs that do validity checks (e.g., Internet Explorer).
- Page numbers assigned where missing, with separate series numbers to make them obvious.
