[nabs-l] Reading Electronic Braille on a Display

[David Andrews]

You could also display it in notepad, word pad etc., and you should 
be able to read the grade 2 braille fine.  You might need to shut up 
speech, but it should look fine on display.

Dave

At 10:58 AM 4/25/2011, you wrote:
>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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