I admit that I did make the error of omitting the fact that the new
Duxbury file must be Braille. I also forgot that there is some extraneous
jibber from the BN formatting and that sometimes line breaks are removed
somewhere in the process, but you can still get most of the file, so it
works in a pinch.
Nicole
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Braillenote List"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] converting a file
Hi, Nicole,
Your idea won't work. The KeyWord file must be converted to a .brf file
and even then DBT must be "tricked" into accepting the file.
Besides, your idea of opening the file using notepad an copying the text
and pasting it into a new DBT file is risky. Since the file is still a
braille one, you must be sure that the document you create using DBT is a
braille one and not a print one. The full version of Duxbury is different
from the version implemented in the BN. If you try to paste a braille
file into a Duxbury print file, the Duxbury in your PC will think the text
is print, not braille, and you won't be able to translate the file. The
full version doesn't translate text pasted from the clipboard on-the-fly.
I'm coming to the conclusion that all of us should set a time to
periodically convert documents into formats readable by the PC and have
them available so when the BN must go in for repair, the files can still
be read using the PC.
I have also suggested HumanWare should create a version of Keysoft for the
PC so documents could be read on the PC without conversion. There used to
be a version of Keysoft for DOS, so why not create one for Windows?
Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] converting a file
The only way to access Keyword Braille files on the computer is with
Duxbury or another Braille Translator. If using Duxbury, open your
Braille file in a program like Notepad, copy and paste the text into a
blank Braille file in Duxbury, and translate.
HTH,
Nicole
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Parks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Peter Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 4:45 PM
Subject: re: [Braillenote] converting a file
You can open a Keyword text document on a computer (with a program like
Notepad). Some extra information will show up, but erase that and it
should be fine. Just remember to save it as a txt file. If it is
Braille, I am not sure what will happen. You can send it privately to a
list member (I would be happy to help) and have them translate it, but
if you are not comfortable with that then Notepad seems to be the way to
go.
Have a great day,
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date sent: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:33:49 +0800
Subject: [Braillenote] converting a file
Hi Everyone
I need some immediate assistance. At the moment I haven't a
braille note, and I need to convert a keyword document in to a normal
word or text document. Can I possibly do this with something like a
file conversion program, without having to rely on a braille note to do
this for me.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards
peter
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