[NFB-Braille-Discussion] creating a file for the NLS reader

[Ken Lawrence]

Hi folks still working on getting materials for my friend denise to go down to her group home and help her with her braille.  The problem is I really can’t cary a bunch of books and things on paratransit. So a question.  I can create a document for her to read on the computer with notepad if I wanted to demo the letters and words and things but when it comes to the contractions that is a problem.  Any prewritten materials of course can be in contracted braille by toggling the reader into contracted mode and if for example I used newsline materials for her to read like the braille monitor or talkingbook topics, but a basic drilling on the contractions to figure out what she can and can’t recognize is a problem.  I can ask her verbally but she’s going to have to have a way for me to show her the contracted signs and see what she known or doesn’t know before she can read or try reading anything.  Is there any way for me to prep a document that would show her the contractions?  I don’t have any way of creating a dot BRF file and don’t even know if that can be done on a computer.  I have seemed to misplace my thumbdrive but still looking.  Any ideas?  

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