[blindkid] Tech question: Bookshare for Mac with a braille display

[Sally Thomas]

My son has a friend who is using the Louis software to read .brf files
using a Mac.  The web address for the software is:
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/Louis.shtml
The software is free and accessible.  I haven't used it but it's probably
worth a try.  The person who recommended it knows a lot about computers.

Sally Thomas


On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Allison Hilliker <AllisonH at benetech.org>wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> The Bookshare tech support team tells me that you should be able to read
> BRF books on a computer using a text editor or word processor. I recommend
> writing support at bookshare.org to find out more. Alternatively, you can
> describe the issue you're having and I can write them for you.
>
> Best,
> Allison Hilliker
> Bookshare Operations Associate
> allisonh at bookshare.org
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Brandon and Sarah
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 7:20 AM
> To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blindkid] Tech question: Bookshare for Mac with a braille display
>
> A little background: Emilia is 9 y/o and has no vision. We have a
> pretty new Mac (running Mountain Lion OS), and a new braille display
> (Brailliant 32). We're trying to get her up to speed reading Bookshare
> downloads on the braille display without speech.
>
> So I'm trying to figure out the easiest/most useful way for Emilia to
> read Bookshare books on her braille display without the voice. So far,
> I can't seem to make a .brf file work. XML files work using VoiceOver
> and the braille display, but we can't (or haven't figured out how to)
> bookmark. It also frequently interrupts the narrative by bringing up
> little messages like "html cnt" to tell us that the cursor is on an
> html object.
>
> Read2Go seems like a great program with cool features, but I think its
> just for the iOS devices, not computers. I can't tell if the free
> program through Bookshare website, ReadOutloud will do braille only
> without the speech.
>
> I would appreciate any tips/advice from those with experience with
> this stuff.  Thanks in advance,
> Brandon Lane
> Idaho
>
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