Hi, All, I've succeeded converting a brf to pdf with TextEdit and opening it in IBooks. I've also used the navigation keys that were pointed out, and it works quite nicely. Thanks, all. I'm going to leave off the epub format for awhile and stick with pdf.
Teresa I'm a pantheist; I worship Pan. On Apr 17, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > I'm going to try reading pdfs again in Ibooks. The files seemed to jump > unpredictably by several pages when I tried o-chord and ow-chord in pdfs. > I'll also try the dot 3-chord and dot-6-chord for arrow keys. I'd forgotten > about those. > > Thanks, all, > Teresa > > "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham > > On Apr 17, 2012, at 8:43 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Another way to switch to the next page is to pan left once when you get to >> the page chooser line and press O-chord. 2-4-6-chord goes to the previous >> page. >> >> Best, >> Anna >> >> >> >> On Apr 17, 2012, at 8:40 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >> >>> Hello Theresa, >>> >>> Navigating PDF titles in iBooks is almost the same as navigating EPUB or >>> native iBooks titles but with one little difference. >>> >>> The following is for navigating native iBooks titles using the Focus 40 Blue >>> Braille display which both you and I enjoy: >>> >>> 1. >>> Use the Wiz Wheels to pan through a page of text. >>> >>> 2. >>> When Page Chooser is in focus, at the end of the page, use a chord-6 to jump >>> forward one page or chord-3 to jump back one page at a time. >>> >>> 3. >>> Before doing anything else, after using your desired chord combo, carefully >>> scroll up one click on a Wiz Wheel. This will take you to the top of the >>> current page. Please note that this works only if you do not use any other >>> key-combos immediately following either a chord-6 or chord 3. >>> >>> Now, the only difference between the above and navigating in a PDF title is >>> that there is usually one extra line that denotes the number of pages in the >>> title just above the Page Chooser line. Ignore this extra line; it is for >>> information only. However, after entering your desired chord combo, >>> carefully scroll up two clicks on a Wiz Wheel in order to be taken to the >>> top of the current page. >>> >>> Theresa, please feel free to send me one of your .BRF files, off-list of >>> course, and I will attempt to determine the cause of your .BRF iBooks >>> problem. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Teresa Cochran >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:58 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Don't Seem To Be Having Much Luck Reading brf-to-Epub in >>> IBooks; Anyone else? >>> >>> Hi, Mark, >>> >>> It'll be a few hours before I can try this. I'm a little hesitant, because I >>> have a bit of a hard time navigating pdf files in iBooks. When I switch >>> pages, there is often either no change or several pages are skipped. I may >>> have a zoom setting adjusted wrong or something. Anyhow, I will try it. How >>> do you navigate consistently in pdf files with IBooks? I've attempted to >>> change horizontal pages with a three-finger swipe to the left or a Braille >>> dots 1-3-5-chord. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Teresa >>> >>> "We are made of star-stuff"--Carl Sagan, Cosmos >>> >>> On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:43 AM, M. Taylor wrote: >>> >>>> Theresa, >>>> >>>> Pages is working for me so I'm truly curious as to what the problem may >>> be. >>>> >>>> Please try converting to PDF instead of Epub in Pages, OK? >>>> >>>> Please let me know. >>>> >>>> I just converted a file to P >>>> df with complete success. >>>> >>>> I eagerly await your result. >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 17, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >>>> >>>>> Unfortunately, I'm getting bizarre results in Pages, too. First of all, >>> it won't open brf files, so I pasted the file into a blank document. I saved >>> it as an epub document, and noted the help tag that indicated it could be >>> read in Ibooks. When I opened it in Ibooks, it indicated one page and no >>> Braille was displayed. >>>>> >>>>> I'm kind of thinking this may not be the way to go about this. Maybe >>> reading in Safari or a Braille-specific app would work best. Perhaps the >>> National Library Service will include it in their upcoming app for web >>> braille and Bard. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone else makes any headway, I'd still be greatly interested to hear >>> how you fare. I'm going to take a bit of a break from attempting to reinvent >>> the wheel here. :) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Teresa >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>>> 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/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>> 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/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >>> Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> 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/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> 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/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> 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/viphone?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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