Re: [Braillenote] Serial to USB - BN To Laptop????

[Catherine Close]

AOn this topic, I purchased one of these converters, and when I attempted 
to install it on my laptop it said the drivers were not for XP.  Has anyone 
installed these drivers successfully and used this, anyway?  Cathy t 09:39 
AM 11/23/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Yes you can.  The belkin usb to serial converter works well.
Chris Westbrook
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At 10:25 PM 11/22/2003, you wrote:
Hello All:
I know this is an "old" question but please realize I don't peek into this
list very often.  Thus please forgive me!

I would like to purchase a lightweight laptop that has just two USB ports.
Can one use a serial to USB cable from BN to the laptop?

Thank you!

Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] those braille 'N speak transfer blues.


> HI rosele,
>
> thanks I will pass this along.
>
> I suspect that I will be talking him through much of this.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roselle Ambubuyog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 2:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] those braille 'N speak transfer blues.
>
>
> > Jim,
> >
> > There is an alternative.  If the files didn't have an extension, the
> BrailleNote wouldn't know they are supposed to be read as being in
> contracted Braille.  It rightly thinks they are foreign files created
using
> a different word processor.  I'll discuss what can be done using either
> Keysoft version 5 or an earlier version.
> >
> > If this person is running version 5, then he can:
> >
> > 1) Go into Keyword, select the drive and folder, and press SPACE with X
> (READ with X) to view all file types, and then navigate and hit ENTER on
the
> file from the Braille 'n Speak.
> >
> > 2) Position the cursor at the top of the file, and put a top-of-block
> marker.  Go to the bottom of the file and put a bottom-of-block marker.
> >From within the Block Commands menu, type G for Grade of Braille and then
B
> for grade 2 Braille.  If he has a multilingual software installed, then
> press L from within the Block Commands menu, then G and B, following the
> prompts.
> >
> > 3) Exit the file and when asked to save it as a Keyword document, answer
Y
> for yes.  If he doesn't want to convert it to a Keyword document, then
> answer N for no, and then enter the File Manager, select the option to
> rename the file, and give it a .brf extension.
> >
> > If the person is running an earlier Keysoft version, then he can:
> >
> > 1) Enter the File Manager, select to rename the file, and give it a .txt
> extension.
> >
> > 2) Exit and go into Keyword, select to create a Keyword type Braille
> document (which is the default file type for BT models).
> >
> > 3) From within the newly created Keyword type Braille document, enter
the
> Block Commands menu, and type I to insert a file.  Select the file from
the
> Braille 'n Speak that he had renamed with a .txt extension, and the
> BrailleNote will ask, "Is this a Braille or text document?" Type B for
> Braille and that would do the trick.  Note that you can do this also in
> version 5.  It's like tricking the BrailleNote to think that the file is
in
> contracted Braille even though the extension says otherwise.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Roselle
> >
> > >----- QUOTED MESSAGE -----
> > >Sent by: "Jim O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > >HI Roselle,
> >
> > >thank you for the help!
> >
> > >I guess my customer will have a little work to do renaming those files.
> >
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