[nfbcs] Reading technical bookshare books on a Braille display

[Louis Maher]

After you unpack the daisy book, it is sometimes helpful to change the xml
extension to html.  You can read the book with your web browser.  I always
make a copy of the xml file before I do this.




Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail: ljmaher at swbell.net

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
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Sent: Monday, October 3, 2016 8:21 AM
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Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Reading technical bookshare books on a Braille display

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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