Hi Eugene,
I will wade back in here. First of all, Rhonda posted an
excellent message to the list on converting or translating files
from one format to another. Did you find it helpful?
The file extensions are created automatically by the program that
produces them:
.doc usually Word Documents
.txt file that has no frills such as formatting, just the text
that is written. This is often called an ASCII file format.
.brf is the braille equivalent of the .txt file. It has no
extra, hidden, formatting code in it.
.rtf allows some simple formatting such as tabs.
Some of the files that appear to have no extension actually do
have them, they are just not displayed by the Braille Note.
For example:
Keyword has 2 extensions:
.kwt is Keyword text document
.kwb is Keyword braille document.
I have often wondered why these extensions are not displayed. I
have sometimes had a file with the same name, differing only in
the extension. I have had to guess at which one is which.
If you have access to a computer, you can copy files that seem to
have no extensions to a compact flash or SD card and check out
the seemingly absent extensions with Windows Explorer.
One really slick feature of the BN is that it is smart enough to
know what file type is open. One can copy a block of text to the
clipboard and paste it into a different file type between text
and braille. Magically, the Duxberry translator translates it
behind the scene and pastes it from braille to print or print to
braille.
Joleen
----- Original Message -----
From: Eugene Manfrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Braillenote List
<[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:48:23 -0500
Subject: re: [Braillenote] CONVERTING .BRF/.BRL FILES INTO ASCII
TEXT?
Hi everyone,
Did I miss a response to Olusegon's question concerning
translation because I asked the same question a couple of days
ago and missed that response also? What is the difference between
documents with extensions and those without? Is it better for
them to have extensions? I've been successful in translating
documents so that they have an extension sometimes but
unsuccessful at other times; can someone explain that? Is using
the backspace-x or space-3-4, the latter of which has never
worked for me, the way to find the correct type to translate a
document or am I way off base? What is the best "document type"
that most email people can use?
I hope I'm not breaking any Braille List regulations by asking
so many questions but here goes another anyway! I despise
"computer braille". I can't tell you how much I abhor reading or
writing it! When I try to press a "touch cursor" in editing a
document in "computer braille", the lines of text actually jump
and I have to go looking for the word that I tried to edit. I'm
writing in grade 2 sometimes and all of a sudden I want to edit
something and "computer braille" raises its ugly head. The
jumping of lines even happens with grade 2 but not nearly as
often. Can someone tell me what's going on? Excuse my lack of
experience. With your help, maybe some day I'll be able to
answer more questions than I ask.
EUGENIO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc."
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To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:19:06 -0700
Subject: [Braillenote] CONVERTING .BRF/.BRL FILES INTO ASCII
TEXT?
Hi Everyone:
I have several books with .brf and .brl file extensions. Now, I
can't open
these correctly under Windows XP when I need to make corrections
of errors.
How can I CONVERT THESE FILES into .txt files?
I have a BrailleNote Classic, running Keysoft 5.1, Build 22--a
bit behind
the times, <smile>!
Thanks for all help!
Sincerely,
Olusegun
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