Or Openbook or some other back translator. Tina ********************************************************************** Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. -- 1 John 3:18
----- Original Message ----- From: "Teresa Cochran" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 9:24 PM Subject: Re: Reading .brf Files On The iPhone Yes, you are correct. The only way to read them without a Braille display is by using an application which has a back translator like Kurzweil on the PC or Louis for the Mac. HTH, Teresa Visualize whirled peas. On Jan 18, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Moop Curran <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > So there's no way to read the .brf files from NLS on ios without a > braille display? If so, this is really unfortunate. > Courtney > > > Tune into my show, moopie's mix, every Thursday morning at 2 UTC or > 10 PM Eastern on the Global Voice Internet Radio, > http://www.theglobalvoice.info. Moopie's Mix can also be downloaded > from the program gallery on that site. > > On Jan 18, 2013, at 5:18 PM, Teresa Cochran > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I should add that I was mentioning programs for the Mac. I would >> assume that there is a word-processing application for Windows that >> will export to pdf as well. >> >> HtH, >> Teresa >> >> >> Visualize whirled peas. >> >> On Jan 18, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Teresa Cochran >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Mary, >>> >>> IOS has a built[in translator to convert text into Grade Two >>> Braille. As an aside, it does not have a back-translation program >>> to convert brf files into Grade One. >>> >>> A brf file is actually a plain ASCII text file with normal >>> characters that represent Braille. There is no special computer >>> formatting for a brf file. Therefore, this same text is rendered >>> accurately when it's placed into an epub file. >>> >>> You can use Stanza to convert files to epub. You can also use >>> TextEdit to export the files to pdf format. >>> >>> Again, the text, completely translated into Grade Two as >>> originally produced by NLS, is rendered perfectly. It looks >>> perfect on a Braille display, but since the characters represent >>> Braille, it will be spoken as gibberish if you use speech. >>> >>> I hope this helps. :) >>> >>> Teresa >>> >>> >>> On the other hand, there are different fingers. >>> >>> On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:20 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Teresa, >>>> I'm confused. What I think you said is that it is possible to >>>> read brf files if you first convert them to epub for importation >>>> into iBooks. How the heck do you convert a brf file into an epub? >>>> And once you did that, then wouldn't it be translated out of >>>> braille grade II into regular print in the epub form? So you'd >>>> need a braille translator together with a program that converted >>>> the text from the braille translator into epub? And then you >>>> would have to read that file with grade II translation turned on. >>>> Clearly, I'm missing some big step here. >>>> >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> Mary Otten >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
