Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-14 Thread Travis Siegel
I just download the braille file, and use the nfb translator to backtranslate to ascii text. I then load it into text edit, and save as file format of my choice. Sometimes, cleanup is necessary (such as replacing 60 with exclamation point and quote, but generally the errors aren't enough

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-14 Thread Josh Gregory
Hey wait a minute… Is this NFB thing free? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Travis Siegel tsie...@softcon.com wrote: I just download the braille file, and use the nfb translator to backtranslate to ascii text. I then load it into text edit, and save as file format of my

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-14 Thread Travis Siegel
On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Josh Gregory wrote: Hey wait a minute… Is this NFB thing free? Yah, and you can download it from my softcon mac pages at http://www.softcon.com/mac/ hth. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-14 Thread Josh Gregory
Thanks much it's greatly appreciated. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Travis Siegel tsie...@softcon.com wrote: On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Josh Gregory wrote: Hey wait a minute… Is this NFB thing free? Yah, and you can download it from my softcon mac pages at

Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-13 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! What Apps will do this? I ordered Jonathan Mosen's book Tweeting Blind in hard Braille but am thinking of ordering the book in the eBraille format. Sent from Dane's iPhone +613400494862 --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-13 Thread Zachary Kline
Dane, The problem with these files generally is that they aren’t intended to be read by most programs. It’s much easier to read them on a Braille notetaker or Braille display with some file storage abilities, like the Braille Edge from Hims. That being said, the Bard Mobile app is able to

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-13 Thread Dane Trethowan
Thanks for your reply, as it happens I generally use my Voice Sense notetaker with my IOS device or Macbook Pro because of the Braille keyboard I can use as an input device for either Macbook or iPhone so its only a hop, skip and a jump to read eBraille files if an App is n't available though

Re: Reading eBraille Files On A Mac Or IOS Device

2014-03-13 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Dane. I have had some luck with reading braille in nisus writer pro. It depends a little on the formating, and if it is 6 or 8 dots braille. Best regards Annie. Den 13/03/2014 kl. 11.49 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Thanks for your reply, as it happens I generally use my