And what embossers does the bn work with? At 10:08 PM 11/07/04 -0700, Maria
Kristic said this:
1) Yes. The BN should translate text documents on-the-fly to Grade 2
Braille to be embossed. What I mean by "on-the-fly" is that once you
choose to emboss the document, it will automatically be embossed as Grade
2 regardless of whether it was originally text or Braille (you don't have
to translate the text document to Braille first), although the format of
the document in your unit is not changed from its original format (unless
you choose to do so). By "text", I'm referring to the supported document
types on the BN which aren't Braille documents (ASCII text, Rich Text
Format, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect 5, KeyWord Text). To translate the
document into Grade 1 for embossing, there is a setting in the Format
Menu/Braille Settings called Braille Grade (found in the Format Menu under
the Braille Settings (Braille Settings for a text document) option, which
controls how that particular document will be translated into
Braille). At this setting, you would type the number 1 (no number
sign required for BT units, which means BT users can just press dot 1)
to have it translated into Grade 1; then, after adjusting this setting,
you would select to emboss. Yes, the BrailleNote can output directly to
a Braille embosser.
2) Not being a QT user myself, I cannot give you a size comparison between
a desktop keyboard and that of the BNQT. Be aware that the BrailleNote QT
keyboard is not a laptop keyboard. It is more compact than a desktop
keyboard. Also, there are some differences between the keys on a
desktop/laptop keyboard and that of the BNQT. For example, on the BNQT
keyboard, there are no ALT or INSERT keys, while the desktop/laptop
keyboard doesn't contain such keys as READ and FUNCTION.
HTH,
Maria
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
>Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 11:22:56 -0500
>Subject: [Braillenote] Braille translation and keyboard size.
>I have two questions:
>1. Can the BrailleNote translate computer braille text such as a .txt file
>into grade 1 and 2 braille and output the text to a braille embosser?
>2. How small is the keyboard on the QT model compared to a keyboard from a
>computer manufacturer such as Dell?
>Thank you.
>Sincerely,
>Sara
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