I sympathize with you. Frankly, I think unicode characters are a pain in
the butt! Most of them don't translate into proper braille and they have
to
be corrected! Some symbols, like the coyright sign and the trademark
sign,
don't have equivalent braille symbols.
Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] word translation question
: Hi, Terri,
:
: I tried changing that setting in the ASCII translations options but it
: didn't work. I thought I had it made when I thought of that a couple of
: nights ago. I'm afraid you're right, and I certainly can get the
correct
: results by using the computer.
:
: Karen
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
: Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:26 PM
: Subject: Re: [Braillenote] word translation question
:
:
: > Dear Karen,
: >
: > The Duxbury translator on your PC is a full-fledged version, but the
: > Duxbury
: > on your BN isn't. That's probably why the Duxbury on your PC will
: > translate
: > characters differently.
: >
: > The fastest way to translate your cookbook into accurate braille would
be
: > to
: > use the DBT on your PC.
: >
: > But if you really want to translate the files into braille using the
BN,
: > then you will need to search for the fraction characters and replace
them
: > with regular numbers. For example, you would search for the unicode
: > character one half and replace it with 1/2.
: >
: > There is one more thing you could try which might work. Go to the
AScII
: > translation options and change the setting to convert ansi characters
to
: > standard ASCII. The fraction characters may or may not translate
: > properly.
: >
: > Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
: > California
: > ----- Original Message -----
: > From: "Karen McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
: > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 8:30 AM
: > Subject: [Braillenote] word translation question
: >
: >
: > : Hi, everyone,
: > :
: > : I recently bought a cookbook on a CD-Rom. It has several hundred
: > recipes
: > : with a .doc extension. Every fraction in these recipes has, instead
of
: > 3/4,
: > : for example, a character representing that fraction when it is read
on
: > the
: > : computer. When I translate any of the files in to Braille, I get
stars
: > : instead of fractions, and with a cookbook, that's disastrous,
(smile.)
: > When
: > : I opened one of the documents up in Duxbury on the computer this
: > morning,
: > it
: > : translated as a .brf file beautifully. How can I get these
documents
: > : translated on the BrailleNote so that the fractions will show up.
The
: > : BrailleNote has a Duxbury translator so it stands to reason that I
would
: > be
: > : able to do the same thing with it that I did on the computer this
: > morning.
: > : I hope that this question makes sense to some of you who know
Duxbury
: > and
: > : Word. I can do this on the computer so that is a definite
work-around,
: > but
: > : doing it on the BrailleNote would be really nice. Thanks for any
help.
: > :
: > : Karen
: > :
: > :
: > :
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