[Blindmath] Braille display

Susan Mooney susanannemooney at gmail.com
Mon Sep 19 17:18:09 UTC 2011


She is only having the problem with your .BRFs?  never had the problem
before your formatted files?

SM

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Rose Engstrom <engs0006 at umn.edu> wrote:

> Yes i would be able to do that but my concern is reformatting all the math
> files for a 39 cell line instead of 40 and also making a less universal file
> since 40 cells is the norm. I have never heard of a BRF and braille
> displaying doing this. Does anyone know of the problem that the student is
> referring to?
>
> Rosee
>
> On 9/19/2011 8:59 AM, Susan Mooney wrote:
>
>> What braille program are you using?  You can do that in your layout
>> section
>> by simply changing the right margin from 40 to 39.
>>
>> SM
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Rose Engstrom<engs0006 at umn.edu>  wrote:
>>
>>  Hello Everyone,
>>> I am transcribing a book for a student who just has just made the
>>> following
>>> request:
>>>
>>> Is it possible to create the  BRF files you send me with a maximum
>>> line length of 39 characters instead of 40? I have determined that the
>>> end of line character that the embosser BRF format is taking up a
>>> space/character position on the Braille display and thus needs to be
>>> accounted for.
>>>
>>> I know it is possible to format the page for different lengths, but has
>>> anyone ever heard of this problem and/or can anyone shed some light on
>>> this
>>> for me?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Rose Engstrom
>>>
>>>
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