[nabs-l] docx files on the braillenote

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Yes, that is funny, but comparing BrailleNotes to Victor Streams is like 
comparing apples to oranges.

Nicole

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] docx files on the braillenote


> What's funny is you can read DOCX files on another Humanware product, 
> namely the Victor Stream, but not on the BrailleNote.
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The real 
> problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists.  If a 
> blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can be 
> reduced to a mere physical nuisance." -- Kenneth Jernigan (President of 
> the National Federation of the Blind, 1968-1986.)
>
>  Visit the I C.A.N.  Foundation online at: www.icanfoundation.info for
> information on our foundation and how it helps blind and visually
> impaired children in MD say "I can!"
>
>
> Sent from my BrailleNote
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patrick Molloy <ptrck.molloy at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:45:54 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] docx files on the braillenote
>
> Hi All,
> As of now, the BrailleNote does NOT support docx files.  It's the one
> problem I have with the BrailleNote.  I find that the best thing to do
> is convert your docx files to .doc files.  However, Humanware really
> should do something to make reading docx files possible, because I
> wonder how much longer .doc will be available?
> Patrick
>
> On 9/15/11, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I think the latest version of the Braille Note Apex, version 9.01, does
> support opening and reading .DOCX  extention, but not quite sure if you 
> can
> write .DOCX documents.  But, you can open them--which is a good thing.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Chris Nusbaum
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:49 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] docx files on the braillenote
>
> Hi Vejas,
>
> Unfortunately, DOCX files are unsupported with the BrailleNote as
> of now.  The only thing you can do is put the files on a thumb
> drive or SD card and convert it to a DOC or TXT file.
>
> Chris
>
>  Chris Nusbaum
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
> exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
> nuisance." -- Kenneth Jernigan (President of the National
> Federation of the Blind, 1968-1986.)
>
>   Visit the I C.A.N.  Foundation online at:
> www.icanfoundation.info for
> information on our foundation and how it helps blind and visually
> impaired children in MD say "I can!"
>
>
> Sent from my BrailleNote
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
> list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:14:42 -0700
> Subject: [nabs-l] docx files on the braillenote
>
> Hi All,
> I am having a problem with DOCX files.  Today my Spanish teacher
> gave me some files, and two were DOCX, which I can't read.  She
> was unable to tell the difference between DOC and DOCX.  Do you
> think there is a possible way to open DOCX files, maybe in the
> next version?
> Sincerely,
> Vejas
>
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