Doug, Terri gave you the best solution for your problem. There is no other way to get computer-friendly Keyword documents that works as well. You would be much better off following these steps, tedious though they may be, than to wait around for a program that doesn't exist yet. I hope there will be such a conversion tool for the PC someday, it's a great idea. But until that fine day comes, you will have to do bulk conversions from Keyword to text or some other PC-friendly format. I've done this with hundreds of files, and it's really not as bad as it seems. <Smile>
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of doug martin Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:23 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] kwb and kwt to .txt or .brf files ??? Hi, Terri. You missed my point completely. I want this translation program for the pc. I've got all the files on compact flash cards and may not have the BN available. I first encountered this problem when my BN was in for service, and I desperately needed a document from a storage card. Doug At 2, you wrote: >The translation utility is already in your braille note. Here are the >steps to export files: > >1. Go to the file manager menu. > >2. Press t to get to the translation menu. > >3. Press e to get to the export menu. > >4. You will be prompted for the drive the files are on. > >5. After you have indicated the drive, you will be prompted for the >folder name. > >6. After that, you will be prompted for the filename. At this point, you >will need to press read with x I don't know the BT command, until "all >files" appears on the BN. > >7. Press the star sign, (shift 8 on a QT) to indicate you want all the >files in the directory to be exported. You can also use the star followed >by a common denominator in the file name or the common denominator >followed by star and this will indicate specific files. > >8. At the "Export to which device" prompt, choose file, if you plan to >put the files on a CF card or serial port, if you plan to transfer the >files using a serial cable between the BN and the PC. > >9. Next, you are asked for the file type. You can cycle through the list >until you come to the file type you want to export the files to. The >choices are, ASCII text, Plain Braille, Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format, >WordPerfect 5.1 plus older versions of Keysoft braille and text. > >10. Once you've chose the file type, your files will automatically be >named with the original name and the proper extension and exported. > >I try to keep computer-friendly backup copies of my BN files and put them >in my PC. I also have copies of files I can transfer from the PC to the >BN using a CF card. This has come in handy when I've had to do a complete >system restore. > >I hope this helps. > >Terri, Amateur radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,California >----- Original Message ----- From: "doug martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:07 AM >Subject: [Braillenote] kwb and kwt to .txt or .brf files ??? > > >>Hi. I haven't been on the list for a long while, so this may have been >>answered. I have many critical documents stored on compact flash cards, >>written by my BrailleNote. These include bank records, info about >>clients, tax info, etc. It's in .kwb and .kwt files-- Keysoft's word >>processor's format. Now, when my BN is in for repair, a new battery, or >>whatever, I would dearly love to access these files on my computer with >>screen reader and Braille embosser. >> >>My questions are: has anyone written a piece of software for the pc, >>which would translate .kwt files into .txt and .kwb files into .brf >>files? If not, will Humanware release the specs on its word processor, >>or maybe provide a Keysoft function library, so that a user could write >>his own conversion software? It's ridiculous to be sending .kwt files to >>notepad, and then trying to edit out all the formatting stuff. How can I >>solve this problem? You guys could even protect your proprietary >>Keysoft. Just give us the .dll files and the relevant function calls. >> >>Doug Martin >> >> >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> >>__________ NOD32 1.1241 (20051004) Information __________ >> >>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>http://www.eset.com >> > > >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
