[nfbcs] Reading technical bookshare books on a Braille display

[Tracy Carcione]

I haven't needed a technical manual for a year or so from Bookshare, but,
when I did, I downloaded the Daisy version, unzipped it, then opened the
XML file on my PC with a braille display connected.  That way, I could
read text fast with speech, study samples carefully in braille, and jump
to chapters and sections using the HTML links.  It worked well for me.
HTH.
Tracy

> What braille display are you using? The braille sense and braille note
> will allow you to download books your books in Daisy. You could also use
> their web viewer and connect the display to a computer.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 2, 2016, at 1:07 PM, Amanda Lacy via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The only way I've been able to do this is by downloading the BRF, but
>> then I'm stuck with their version of grade 1 where all the letters are
>> capitalized and numbers appear like #AGB. I cannot download as plain
>> text and use 8-dot Braille as I'm accustomed to doing for computer
>> code. For those of you using Braille displays to read technical books,
>> how do you work around this? Or do you use a different format, special
>> software, etc?
>>
>> Amanda
>>
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