I, too, have used Web Braille and have found it interesting. There still is
a back log of Braille titles that NLS will attempt to convert into
electronic .brf files, but it's another resource for U.S. users. My only
complaint with it is having Braille books in individual volumes. I'd like
it better if the book was just in one big Braille file. Even large books
like Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is around 1.5 megabytes in a
text file, and I would imagine that would be similar as a .brf file.
Perhaps with the clipboard you can copy and paste the text of the individual
volumes into one file and save it, so maybe there is a way around this
issue.
Regards,
Chad
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Ehlers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 8:42 AM
Subject: [Braillenote] web braille
Hi Listers,
I will try to explain how I use the BN to do Web Braille. I only know the
BT commands though and no I don't think it's in the manual.
1. The Web site I go to is
www.loc.gov/nls
From there I go to the link that says search the online catalog.
Then I search for a title, an author, or a keyword choose which type of
book I want like Braille sound recording etc. Then it presents a list of
results. The ones that are available in Web Braille say access volume 1
etc. below the title and the author and the publisher info. So there's
these links to the volumes. You click on these links downloading one
volume at a time. You have to input your user name and password. If you
don't have these you get them from your state or regional library for the
blind you o the one that is affiliated with Library of Congress the
National Library Services organization.
So it downloads this thing that looks like a Web address. You press the
save command and go through the steps of naming the file and which folder
you want it in. It took me awhile to get it. No unzipping of these books
they come already in Braille.
I hope I got this info correct. I hope it makes sense. Anyone who has
anything to add to this please feel free. If corrections need to be made
please make them. I hope this helps. Sorry I didn't number the steps or
write them too concisely.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Lisa
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