Terri, I keep a log of my glucose readings on my
notetaker. Once I get the VS, what format should I keep
that file in if I plan to print it after saving it to a
SD card. That doesn't sound right. Okay, let's try
again to explain this. I keep a file on my notetaker
that contains my glucose readings each day. When I go
to the doctor, I take this file and copy it to a SD
card. Once this is done, I put it in my netbook, bring
it up in Word, and print it, or email it to his office.
I have also placed the entire file within an email and
sent it to him.
Now, I have till now used qwerty notetakers, mainly the
BrailleNote QT. Once I purchase the Voice Sense, what
file format should I use for this type of thing, or can
I just place the file contents within an email and send
it to my doctor that way? I have never used a braille
style notetaker so I need to learn what it takes to do
different things. Maybe, I could get advice from
everyone on the symbols to use, and when, for doing
emails, documents, etc.
Thanks for any advice you, and others, can give me on
this type of thing, and more.
Diane Garrett
God is my Light, and He makes my life worth living!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Date sent: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:17:26 -0700
Subject: [GWN] BSP files, Duxbury and doc files
Dear List,
I would like to explain something I have learned about
BSP and files.
If you are creating a file from scratch, you can create
three types of
files: hbl, the BrailleSense Word file, (which probably
won't read on
anything except the Sense products), .brl, a braille
file that will read on
any PC which has Duxbury or another translation
software in it, and .txt,
ASCII text, which Duxbury will read, but which DBT
doesn't interpret well.
If you're using a braille keyboard, you'll want to
create documents in
braille and if you want Duxbury to read these
documents, then you'll create
them in .brl. This is assuming you prefer to do most
of your editing with
the BSP. This is what I thought Tessa wanted to do.
Suppose you have a file you created on a PC and it's in
Word format and you
want to edit it on your BSP. You can open the file,
edit it and save the
file. The BSP will keep the extension .doc, but the
file will be considered
as a rich text format by your PC. So, if you want to
be able to read this
..doc file using Duxbury, you wil first have to use
Word or Jarte, to convert
the file back to a Word document, THEN you will be able
to open it with
Duxbury.
QWERTY users, like me, will be creating .txt files. If
I want the file to
look well in Duxbury, I will first need to convert the
txt file to Word and
then bring it into DBT.
Most transcribers, like Judi, prefer to translate text
from print to
braille, because the translation will be more accurate.
However, most
people on this list use braille keyboards and they are
using braille for
their own personal use. Many of you will translate
from braille to print so
a sighted person can read it.
Now, if you have a file you created with Duxbury and
you want to be able to
read it on your BSP, you have two choices: You can
save the file as a .prf
(print reformatted file) which can be read on the BSP
after you have renamed
the extension to .txt. Or, you can translate the .dxp
file into braille and
save it as a .brf file. The BSP will read .brf files
nicely.
It was my understanding Tessa wanted to read and edit a
Duxbury file with
the BSP. That's why I suggested saving the Duxbury
file as a .brf (braille
reformatted file).
I know this sounds confusing, and if you have any
questions, ask me.
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