Hi Barbara, Wel, the most obvious of these to answer is no, the BN cannot read anything on a cd, because it does not have, nor is it compatible, with a cd drive. It also cannot handle daisy formats.
As for electronic braille, it can handle that fine, along with rtf, txt, most doc and pwd files. It can handle html files, either by opening them in the web browser which is rather slow and cumbersome or by converting it to some other form such as plain text or brf files. It cannot read a four track tape, it is not a tape player, nor is there any way to convert a 4-track rfbd tape (legally at least), to mp3 that i know of. Currently the BN can only handle mp3 and wav files, but the 6.1 upgrade promises the ability to play other media types such as windows media files and aif files. HTH, Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:27 PM Subject: [Braillenote] BN Reading Books > Hi List -- > > Your assistance is needed. I received this note from a neighbor who is > trying to assist a new college student. Can you please answer his questions > below?? > > "As we are beginning to probe the recordings for the blind > sources, looking for textbooks, a question has arisen. What recording > formats > does Braille Note accept? I assume it will take html, text, DAISY, and > BRF (electronic Braille?), available from BookShare. Can it read the > 4-Track > input from RFB&D? Will it read RFB&D's special password-protected digital > CDs > (their "audio plus")? Are there any special interfaces needed for any of > these?" > > Any info you can provide using the BN and books that need to be accessed > for his college courses will be very much appreciated. > > Barbara Rhodes > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >
