I'm puzzled. Why not just back translate the brf file? The problem with this method is that you can only read the file in ibooks with a braille display; no ability to listen to the book with voiceover. For windows users, there is a free back translation program. Not sure for the Mac. If you are a kurzweil user, you can load the brf file into k1000 and it will back translate it. You can then save it at least as a txt file before converting it to pdf or epub.
On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Timothy Emmons 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.
