Charis, this method entails using an Email account that provides a preview of .DOCX files, or any other files which the BrailleNote currently does not support, to webmail users, without your having to download the file first. For example, Gmail works well in this respect.
Essentially, you would want to Email the .docs file to yourself. Then you would access it by logging into www.gmail.com. By default, you'll be in a very stripped down version of Gmail designed to work well on a mobile phone, so go to the link labelled "Basic HTML" to arrive in a more fully featured version of Gmail (you can bookmark the resulting page for easier access if you wish). Then select the message you just sent to yourself, and near the bottom of the page will be a list of the attachments. You can of course download the DOCX file, but there should also be a link next to it labelled "View as HTML," which will put you into a web page with the text of your DOCX file. You can read it there or copy it to the clipboard, paste it in Keyword, etc. Note that this also works well for a variety of files including PDFs. This method is a bit cumbersome, but it does work. I hope I explained it satisfactorily! Cheers, Grant On 04/16/2012, Charis Austin <charis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you to all those who responded to my question regarding my question > about docx files. > > One of the suggestions was to use a web based account such as gmail. Does it > matter if the account is an imap vs. pop3 account? What is the process for > reading these files if Office is not on the machine? > > Thank you. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Nusbaum [mailto:dotkid.nusb...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 9:10 PM > To: 'Charis Austin'; braillenote@list.humanware.com > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Reading Docx Files with Latest Version of > BrailleNote > > Hi Charis, > > Welcome to the list!! To answer your question, there is unfortunately no way > to read DOCX files in the latest version of KeySoft. However, there is a way > to convert them using a service called RoboBraille. Here is what you do: > > 1. On your BrailleNote, send an email to conv...@robobraille.org. > 2. In the subject line, put in the file format in which you want the file > converted. For example, you can convert the file to .doc, .txt, or .brf. > 3. Attach the original DOCX file to your email. > > After you send your email, you should see an email within a few minutes with > the converted file attached. > > Hope this helps, > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: braillenote-boun...@list.humanware.com > [mailto:braillenote-boun...@list.humanware.com] On Behalf Of Charis Austin > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 5:28 PM > To: braillenote@list.humanware.com > Subject: [Braillenote] Reading Docx Files with Latest Version of BrailleNote > > Hello, > > > > I am new to the list and am learning a lot. I am working with someone who is > purchasing a BrailleNote and will have version 9.2 of KeySoft. Can you read > Office 2007-10 files (specifically docx files)? I thought that this was one > of the new features in the latest upgrade but can't find anything to support > that. > > > > If you can't read them is there a way to convert them in case someone emails > you and you don't have access to a computer? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Charis Austin > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as > well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > braillenote-unsubscr...@list.humanware.com > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > braillenote-unsubscr...@list.humanware.com > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to braillenote-unsubscr...@list.humanware.com To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
