Hi steve. Teresa said this, but i would like to take the explanation a little further. As you know, in grade 2 braille, a capital letter is determined by putting the ot 6, which is a comma in compchter braille, before a letter. If you were to take all the capitalization out the computer could acre less. If you put dot 6 before a lower case letter or dot 6 before an upper case letter, a braille translator should treat it the saste. I've never seen it not happen that way.
I have a brf file on my computer that I wrote on my PacMate; it displays in lower case. I have other files done through Braille 2000, a program used by transcribers a lot. Its files display in upper case, but both files translate the same. The transformations were suggested to reduce the display of dots go and 8, since too many . those dots drive some of us crazy. Regards, Gigi Euge Firth [email protected] On Apr 19, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: > This sounds like an interesting technique indeed. However, I have a > question or two concerning capitalization. Do you mean that all BRF > books are in all upper case? If so, I wonder why. With selecting the > entire file as you suggest, you would end up with all lower case which > is OK I guess for simple reading but what about when capitalization > would be important, like with proper names and the beginning of > sentences? Is this sacrificed to get rid of dots 7 and 8 showing for > every letter because entire document in uppercase? > > Thanks for the tips, Teresa. > > On 4/18/12, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: >> Absolutely, not a problem. :) By the way, I know it's working for me; I've >> been reading a book on my Ipod for the last few hours :) >> >> Teresa >> >> Winging its way from my iPod >> >> On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Timothy Emmons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Theresa, i appreciate this, this method is a lot easier than I was >>> going through the steps with so if you don't mind I am going to share this >>> with one of my patrons here at the library. I work with the braille >>> collection here at the Library for the Blind and also handle technology >>> and alternative reading methods and this goes right up there with what I >>> do perfectly. Thanks for the trick and I'll pass this along if you don't >>> mind. I've been using web braille on Itunes but I've been doing it the >>> hard way using a braille translator, a book converter, like Stanza, and >>> all that junk, but this makes it easier. Thanks again and take care. Talk >>> to you soon. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, all, >>>> >>>> I don't usually cross-post, but this seems like an instance in which it >>>> would be beneficial. >>>> >>>> I'm going to share with you all the way I've successfully imported >>>> WebBraille books to read in IBooks. There are other methods of reading >>>> these on the IPhone/IPod, but this method will allow you to keep your >>>> place in the book when you need to pause reading. I used TextEdit on the >>>> Mac to open the file and export it to pdf. Check your text-editor's >>>> documentation on exporting to pdf if you're using another OS or editor. >>>> >>>> This method will only work with a braille display, and does *not* work >>>> with speech. >>>> >>>> I haven't tested it on other brf files, but you might give it a try. >>>> >>>> 1. Open a brf WebBraille file in TextEdit. If you don't like the >>>> uppercase dot-7 caps appearing for all of the characters, select all the >>>> text, go into the edit menu, choose "transformations" and change to lower >>>> case. At this point, you can check the document with the braille display >>>> to see if it is readable. Use eight-dot Braille, uncontracted. >>>> 2. From the file menu in TextEdit, choose "export to pdf". In the save >>>> dialog, you'll be presented with a filename with a pdf extension. Save >>>> the file in a place that's easy to find. >>>> 3. In Itunes add the file you just saved to your library. It will appear >>>> in your Books list. >>>> 4. Use whichever sync settings you've specified to sync this book to your >>>> IDevice. I usually do this manually, placing the file in my Ipod/books >>>> playlist. >>>> 5. Open IBooks and find the file in your IBooks library. Change Braille >>>> to eight-dot, uncontracted. Use dots 3- and 6-chord at the page chooser >>>> to switch pages. >>>> >>>> Enjoy. >>>> >>>> Teresa >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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