First of all, in the web brail questions and answers thing you received when
you subscribed to it, there is an extremely detailed section on how to set
your computer up to recognize web braille.
Ok set this up and it will tell you exactly what to do in most operating
systems to do this.
Now once I get up onto web braille itself, I have set my computer to
remember my password and so I simply hit enter.
Now I do a simple search and when I get to the volume I want I click on it
and it will ask if I want to open or save. Ok I click the save, tab to name
and I write the name with a brf extension.
Now I let it download and then I exit out of the web braille altogether.
This is on my pc.
Now I go into windows explorer with a windows key plus e or in the case of
my ibm laptop I will go into my computer, call up the hard drive go to
documents and settings mary ellen then my documents. I locate the volume
which I have just downloaded, copy it to a flash card and then putthe card
into the braille note.
I then go to the file manager where I type m for move I locate the drive and
folder where I have put card document and move the document into my books.
Or, if I am simply working with the pk and know I will be traveling when I
copy the volume from the computer, I simply copy it into the books folder I
have set up on a flash card and we're done.
Then if I want it on the mpower, I simply move it by going into the file
manager, type m, locate the books folder and follow the prompts.
A long and involved way to be sure but after experimentation and a lot of
trial and error this is what works best for me.
I have never downloaded directly from the Braille Note as my classic bn
would have a coronary if I had tried it so perhaps when the Arizona Library
gets me straightened out from my transfer from Ohio, I'll get brave and use
the dirrect approach.
In the beginning, I tried doing it via active sync and the book would show
up on the drive in the computer but I could never find it on the bn.
Ok somewhat of a long-winded message but this is what works for me.
Mary Ellen Earls
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From: "Caitlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:15 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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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
Please visit my home page at www.deraitland.com. You may also be
interested in my LiveJournal at www.caitlin45.com. Check out The Beyond
Radio Network at www.tbrn.net.
Thanks!
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From: "Terry Olandese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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] >
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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
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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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