I think you can download various versions of the bible from Project Gutenberg so you would get them already in text that way.
Not sure of the website, but a search in google should get you to the official Project Gutenberg official site. Cheers Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:22 PM Subject: FW: [Braillenote] Bible programs for BN??? Hi tiffony Here is another e-mail about how a person numbers the books of the bible. Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:47 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Fw: [Braillenote] Bible programs for BN??? www.helpinghands4theblind.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Sweetman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:14 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Bible programs for BN??? > Hi Bob, > > There is no Bible program for the BrailleNote. In fact, most Bible > programs that are computer-based don't work well with speech as they are > designed for the general market. > > The beauty of the BrailleNote is that you can, in fact, carry the entire > Bible on a compact flash card. I was able to purchase the Online Bible > for $20 and, with some work, extract the books of the Bible and paste > them into Microsoft Word. I then saved the books in Microsoft version > 6.0 format so that they would load on the BrailleNote. Also, I numbered > the books from 01 through 66 so that Windows CE would sort them in the > correct order. > > Though the Bible is stored in MS Word 6.0 format, the text is displayed > in Grade 2 Braille. > > Suppose that I want to look up John 3:16. I open the folder that > contains the Bible, and tap the Spacebar one time to display the list of > documents in that folder. I then enter a dropped 4 (computer Braille, > dots256) to get down to book 40, Matthew. I tap the Spacebar three > times to get to John, and press Enter to open it. > > When I saved the books from the computer-based Online Bible program, I > told the computer to preserve paragraph formatting. Thus, I can press > Spacebar+F for find, then press the letter F for Find Forward, and then > enter 3:1 in computer code, (dots 25, dots156, dot2), and press Enter. > This takes me directly to John 3:1. Paragraph breaks occur every 3 to 5 > verses, so pressing spacebar+dots56 one or two times will bring me > pretty close to John 3:16. > > For the first time, I am able to carry the entire Bible in Braille form > and read it at church or at a Bible study. This is a vast improvement > over the large 18-volume set; with hard copy, you could only bring one > or two volumes and hope that you had the right one. > > The beauty of Windows CE is that files are sorted alphanumerically. > Thus, the user can look up information much more quickly than was > possible with older technologies such as the Braille Lite, (The Braille > Lite would not sort the files). > > While market forces have not generated the development of a > BrailleNote-based Bible search program, the ability to sort the books of > the Bible and read them in Braille on a note taker is very exciting, and > has proven to be very helpful. > > Note that the search features of the Online Bible, (the computer-based > version from which I extracted the text of the New King James version), > no longer worked well as of about six months ago. The last upgrade of > the Online Bible program was not followed by good Jaws script or > Window-Eyes set file development. I will be checking at CSUN to see if > any one has done more work on computer-based Bible access. > > Bob Sweetman > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 10:44 AM > To: bob sweetman > Subject: Fw: [Braillenote] Bible programs for BN??? > > > Bob, Can you help this guy out? Thanks. www.helpinghands4theblind.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Drennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 6:55 PM > Subject: [Braillenote] Bible programs for BN??? > > > > I presently use a New American Standard broken up into individual > > books, since the whole bible is too large for the BN to handle. Is > > there a Bible program that will work with the BN? When we bought them, > > > the Windows compatibility issue was highly touted, but since then, the > > > ONLY program > that > > works on the BN is the GPS. It isn't much good to us to make a windows > > > compatible PDA and then have nothing that can work on it. > > > > Is there any help in sight? > > > > Earnestly contending, > > > > Gary > > > > "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the > > rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, > > > against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. > > Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to > > resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. > > (Ephesians 6:12-13 NAS95) > > > > "John Calvin was NOT the Professor of Robotics at the University of > Geneva!" > > > > > > ___ > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > http://list.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
