On a PC, there are not many programs that can read a braille file. You could open it in Braille Blaster, a free program from American Printing House for the blind. It is also a good program to convert word or txt files into brf. Section 7 of the Bard User Manual explains how to read braille files from NLS. Here is section 7.1, but you may want to read more. Almost all NLS braille materials downloadable from BARD are in contracted braille. To read a contracted braille book or magazine with BARD Mobile, you must set braille input and output to eight-dot and you must turn off single-letter Quick Nav. Even with eight-dot braille on, BARD Mobile will display your book or magazine in six-dot braille. You can turn eight-dot braille input on with dots 2-3-6-spacebar. You can turn eight-dot braille output on with 1-2-4-5-spacebar. Both of these can also be set from within braille on the VoiceOver settings menu of your iOS device. The command for toggling single-letter Quick Nav is spacebar with dots 1-2-3-4-5-7.
Richard Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. On Sep 16, 2019, at 8:58 PM, Yohandy Rodriguez <yohand...@gmail.com> wrote: Very simple question here for those that can help. Which apps on my iphone and laptop are able to open brf files? I tried opening a Braille book using bard, but it appears the text isn't translating correctly. I tried setting phone to both UEB and US contracted just in case, but getting lots of strange stuff on the display. as for pc, I have no idea what I should be using. I also had this little issue where the phone would lock, and the display would disconnect. any way to turn that off? I'm very new to displays so any help would be much appreciated. thank you! -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fviphone%40googlegroups.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaf67214bc8148706ebd08d73b234e1b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637042895123725964&sdata=UU7wCiQXh2fMbO0IJmN6GXuKUX0GBxZ0psFYW8C9o9o%3D&reserved=0 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fviphone%2F55818db9-e071-6497-81d7-2ae05abfcebd%2540gmail.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaf67214bc8148706ebd08d73b234e1b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637042895123725964&sdata=xHcjuAGzT2V6XD7Qu2C4%2BbGQm%2BvE3Mu5LAyhtVe367w%3D&reserved=0. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR1701MB1901FE9E879BC4F767B65C23B78F0%40MWHPR1701MB1901.namprd17.prod.outlook.com.
