Hi Judy, Maybe I am missing something here. I just write my document in Ascii as a doc file. If I want to proof it I just change it to grade 2 and read. What am I missing? Colleen Roth
----- Original Message ----- From: unknown <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: 2009/09/15 16:15:38 Subject: RE: [GWN] Duxbury question > > > Thank you Paul for that nice thought. Also you should do all of your > editing in the .doc file. Bring the file into Duxbury and make a .brf > file. This you can proof on your Braille Sense. While proofing on the > Braille Sense I put a mark such as a series of (for) signs if something > needs correcting. I can then easily search for these and fix the .doc > file on the computer as I go. It works nicely. > Judi > > > > > Judi Cannon > Braille Services Specialist > Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library > 617-972-7646 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edwards, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [GWN] Duxbury question > > I absolutely bow to Judy's suggestions. She is awesome!! > > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [GWN] Duxbury question > > There are a couple of additional issues here. A .brf file can be > challenging to work with in Duxbury. Text is more difficult to move > around. You will do much better using a .doc file as a .txt file will > not wrap the lines correctly. I'm a braille transcriber and know these > challenges by experience. > Good luck. > Judi > > > > Judi Cannon > Braille Services Specialist > Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library > 617-972-7646 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edwards, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [GWN] Duxbury question > > There may be a more elegant solution for the problem than this one but > here is one way to get around the problem. > > Begin by saving your bsp file as a text or doc file. You will be able > to work on it on your pc, then. Import the file back into your bsp as a > doc or txt file and save it as a brf file. The brf file can then be > imported into the computer and thence to Duxbury, if you like. You, of > course, could simply start with a doc or txt file in the pc and use that > for translation or embossing. > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tessa [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 3:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GWN] DUXBURY QUESTION > > Hi All > I have a very old version of duxbury on my pc, when I save files the > endings are .dxp and .dxb the bsp doesn't recognize these formats. there > is an option to save as a .txt file but when I open this in the bsp the > file is full of $ and multiple other signs. > > We have a script for a play that I want to edit and be able to transfer > back and forth between the bsp and my version of duxbury if at all > possible. > I > can't emboss directly from the bsp because my embosser doesn't have the > right connections, it's an old blazy blazer and I don't know if the bsp > even supports it. Anyway if anyone has any suggestions for doing this > I'd appreciate it. > > I got duxbury in 99 so yes it's very out of date and perhaps there's no > hope for this project until I get a current version. I am having a real > challenge editing just in duxbury itself because it was designed for > windows 95 according to the "about" item in the help menu and though it > works with xp it causes the pc to crash after every 5 or 10 changes in > text. So, you can see why I'm looking for alternatives. > Thanks for any ideas. > Tessa > > My groups > blind gardener [email protected] > writing blind [email protected] > sightlines [email protected] > >
