[nabs-l] Reading Electronic Braille on a Display

[Mike Freeman]

That's what I thought of suggesting also.

Mike Freeman
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On Apr 25, 2011, at 9:02, David <davidb521 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I've tried reading books in Duxbury, and have not been satisfied with the
> results. I honestly think that opening the .brf files in WordPad will be
> better. The formatting in DBT is just off, whereas in WordPad, it's pretty
> much like reading the file on a notetaker. 
> David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Jewel
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 10:59 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Reading Electronic Braille on a Display
> 
> I have JAWS 11 and yes, I have Duxbury. The braille display is hoooked
> up to my Netbook.
> 
> So, when I download a .brf file, I should open it in Duxbury, and turn
> off the grade 1 braille translation on my display? That sounds simple
> enough. I'll try it today, and see from there.
> ~Jewel
> 
> On 4/24/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Good question.
>> You can read .brf on a braille display but I'm not sure what file you'd
> open
>> them in.  Duxbury would work if you have that.
>> Is the braille display hooked to the computer?
>> Ashley
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jewel
>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 4:34 PM
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Reading Electronic Braille on a Display
>> 
>> Hey all,
>> Does anyone have step-by-step directions on how to read .brf files,
>> such as those from Bookshare.org? I have a Focus 40 Blue refreshable
>> Braille display, and would like to learn how to read Braille books
>> instead of listening to a stupid synthetic voice all the time. Any
>> links or personal directions would be greatly appreciated!
>> 
>> ~Jewel
>> 
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