Hello fellow visionaries,
I’m having some issues reading a textbook on my braille display, and would appreciate some feedback. I’m on a Macbook pro with Mavericks, and using a brand new Focus 40 Blue. Additionally, I’m attempting to read the file on either Nisus Writer Pro or Text Edit. THe settings under “Braille” in Voiceover Utility are configured as followed: Contracted braille is off, 8-dot braille is off, automatic braille translation is off. This is my first braille display, and frankly my first time in a few years reading braille extensively. That being said, due to the availability and nature of the book (it’s an ancient Greek grammar) the braille display was the best option. I’ve found it generally easy to use except when reading the brf file. Certain things are not being properly converted. For example, the author’s name, N. Clayton Croy, is display with an n, the number sign, and the number four, as the print document is displaying “n4” This trend continues throughout the text, with several things being displayed seemingly incorrect on the Focus 40. So I guess there are a few things on the table here: 1. Are my settings properly configured to read brf files? 2. Can brf files be successfully read in a word processor? Is there better software for such tasks? 3. Is there a particular file type that the brf must be? (right now its being called a “web archive” by VO). I very much appreciate all your feedback. Cheers, Daniel C. Smith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
