[blindkid] apple netbooks

[David Andrews]

What if you rename the .brf file as a text file.  Then whatever 
application that displays text files should display it.  A .brf file 
is just a text file that contains the characters that represent the 
Braille characters.

Dave

At 01:08 PM 5/22/2012, you wrote:
>Like I said it reads the stuff from bookshare (Read2go provides the text
>file) but if someone gives you a braille file I have found no way to get
>the ipad to bring it up.  If you have found an application that does this
>Denise I would love to find out. May have been doing something wrong but I
>could get no application to bring up a .brf file.  Like I said I don't even
>know if this an issue .   I am having this discussion with my daughter TVI.
>Trying to figure out if a notetaker is a needed technology for her or not.
>
>-Penny
>On May 22, 2012 1:56 PM, "Dr. Denise M Robinson" <deniserob at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
> > Penny
> > Are you talking about read2go with bookshare? Yes, the braille display will
> > read braille files.
> > Denise
> >
> > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Penny Duffy <pennyduffy at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > good question Holly..
> > >
> > > Abby uses her Ipad with a refreshable braille display and the biggest
> > > disadvantage i found is it doesn't read braille files. Which I don't know
> > > if its an issue or not.  There is an great bookshare app and it reads
> > those
> > > so that is not an issue. It will put on the braille display what ever is
> > > spoken by voice over.  I am sure there are other issues.  but so
> > > far that's the only one I have found and i don't know how many files only
> > > come in braille format.
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Holly Baker Miller <hollym12 at gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Still trying to figure things out for our situation.  New braille user,
> > > > middle school, responsible & tech savy.  Has enough vision that jaws
> > > > probably isn't going to be a necessity for him.  His issue is not so
> > much
> > > > with seeing but that he fatigues very quickly when reading visually.
> > > >
> > > > It seems as if buying a good netbook or ipad ($500) + bluetooth braille
> > > > display ($2500) such as the Brailliant 32 would be about half the cost
> > > of a
> > > > note taker.
> > > > Aside from the slight downside of having to carry two compact items,
> > why
> > > > does it seem like this is not a popular option for most?
> > > >
> > > > The pluses would be the netbook/ipad could be reasonably replaced every
> > > 2-3
> > > > years as the processors get faster & more powerful making it easier to
> > > keep
> > > > pace with technology.  Sounds like the maintenance plan on a notetaker
> > > > costs that much.  Even if the display part punks out after a few
> > years, a
> > > > lot less painful to replace that than a full note taker.
> > > >
> > > > Are there other disadvantages I'm not aware of?  Is this something
> > whose
> > > > time has come but it just hasn't quite caught on yet?
> > > > I won't be offended if there's something glaring I haven't thought of!
> > > >
> > > > Holly
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