Thanks, Terri. I have a BrailleNote Classic and Window-Eyes, so looks liek
this will work for me.
Caitlin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] handling NLS web braille files with the mPower
Dear Caitlin,
Yes, if you have Duxbury or another program which allows you to read
braille you can open a .brf file and read it with your PC. Plug in the
Mpower and use the braille terminal mode and you can use it as a braille
display. My clasic works great with WindowEyes and I'm sure the Mp would
work just as well.
There are occasions when a web braille book will not read properly on the
BN. The book will stop showing braille. For those times, I open the book
using DBT, making sure Duxbury reads everything and make a new .brf file.
If Duxbury won't read the entire file, either, then I must go online and
let the NLS folks know there's something wrong with the file so they can
fix it.
Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Caitlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] handling NLS web braille files with the mPower
Taht's weird. My cmoputer has never recognized BRF. Maybe I should
consider installing Duxbury so it automatically does.
Caitlin
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interested in my LiveJournal at www.caitlin45.com. Check out The Beyond
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Thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] handling NLS web braille files with the mPower
The PC shouldn't tack on a .txt. At the filename prompt, you can press
enter or you can type a drive and foldername and filen.brf.
You can use the file and folder options in the control panel setup menu
and Windows will recognize the .brf extension as an application file
extension. If you have DBT Win (Duxbury for Windows) on your PC, you can
tell Windows to always open a .brf file using Duxbury. You can save
your books directly to a CompactFlash card.
Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Caitlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] handling NLS web braille files with the
mPower
Hi All,
I sent this to just Estin, but I'll just post it here in case anyoen
else needs it.
Cheers,
Caitlin
Hi Estin,
Here's how to work web-braille. Go to
www.loc.gov/nls
Click on Browse the Catalog.
Enter your search terms, such as title, author, etc. To find things
faster,
select "braille" in the "type" combo box, or whatever it's called.
When you find what you want, you'll see link beginning in http for
each
volume. Hit context menu on this link, then arrow down to save as.
You'll be
asked to enter your NLS username and apssword, so do that. Then save-as
as
you normally would. If your ocmputer tacks on a .txt after the .brf
extention, go to the file using Windows Explorer and hit F2, and erase
the
.txt part, and jsut that, not the .brf. Hope this makes sense. If you
ahve
any questions, feel free to email me back and I'll do my best to help.
Caitlin
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interested in my LiveJournal at www.caitlin45.com. Check out The Beyond
Radio Network at www.tbrn.net.
Thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Olandese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] handling NLS web braille files with the
mPower
I could use some help in that department too. I have an account, but I
don't know how to use it either. Any help would be appreciated. terry o
----- Original Message -----
From: "estin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 5:20 PM
Subject: re: [Braillenote] handling NLS web braille files with the
mPower
Could someone rite me off line and explain the nls and how I down
load books I have a subscription but I can't use it
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:32:37 -0700
Subject: re: [Braillenote] handling NLS web braille files with the
mPower
While in the magazine or book on line, I do an S with spacebar. I
get the save file propts as to where it should go etc. When asked
for a file name, I give it the NLS book number or perhaps the
magazine name followed by a number representing the various parts of
the magazine with a dot brf extension. Always give a web braille
book a dot brf extension. When pressing enter, I have my dot brf
file instantaneously and it is ready to read off line. My braille
grade is set to 2 by default.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katie Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braille Note" <[email protected]
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:47:28 -0500
Subject: [Braillenote] handling NLS web braille files with the
mPower
Hi everyone:
Tonight I tried to save a magazine to my mPower which I received via
web braille through NLS. However, when I pressed s chord, and gave
it a name and saved it, when I opened it, the BRF file had been
turned into text, and was all messed up. So I tried again, but I
tried to use back space with x after the s chord, and saving the
file as an HTML was my only option.
So, what I did was just mark the beginning and end of the issue,
using the block commands menu, and pasted those into keyword. I
must comment here on how wonderfully the mPower handled this
process... it copied about 100 pages instantaneously... unlike the
classic!
But, my question is how do those of you who use web braille handle
this issue if you do not wish, or are not able, to stay connected to
the net while reading?
Thanks as always!
Katie
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