Dear Sara Yes you can do both without embossing or printing. I know, because I've been doing it ever since I got mine about a month ago.
Cheers! Michele > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:06:18 -0500 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Braille translation and keyboard size. >Thank you everybody who answered my questions about translation and >keyboards. >Can I translate and backtranslate documents without embossing or printing >them? >I think I will go for the BT then, as pressing a function key with the >numbers would drive me mad. smile >Thanks for all your help. >Sara >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:00 PM >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Braille translation and keyboard size. >> The QT keyboard is much smaller than a desktop keyboard and the keys are >> closer together. The keyboard is easier to use than the one on my PC. >> There is only one control key, one read key, (which is the same as the alt >> key), and one function key. >> f1-f12 keys are not on the QT keyboard. To activate f3, for example you >> would hold down the function key and press the number 3. >> There is also a delete key, a single quote key, (which is not present on >> standard desktop keyboards), two shift keys, an enter key and a backspace >> keys and the escape key. >> The QT keyboard is really very easy to use. >> Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, >> California >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Maria Kristic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 10:08 PM >> Subject: re: [Braillenote] Braille translation and keyboard size. >> : 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 >> : >> : >> : >___ >> : >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 >___ >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
