thanks, I will download this and give it a try. It still is strange to me the  
difficulties of reading one of these books on a mac. On most other commonly 
used platforms take iOS and windows for example, there are ways to do this. 
Windows with read out loud, and iOS with voice dream.
> On Apr 12, 2016, at 4:59 AM, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Sure, here’s the link:
> 
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itext-express/id416550249?mt=12
> 
> I text express is basically a better version of text edit, so it handles .rtf 
> files as well as a bunch of other file types.  If you open up the .brf file 
> in i text express(you can set this in the information section of the file by 
> doing command i on it and then going to the open with button and choosing i 
> text express), you do need a braille display, otherwise, it’ll be gobbled 
> gook.
> 
> hth,
> Caitlyn
> 
>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 9:04 PM, Carter Temm <crtbrai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> How does i text express work, and where can I get it? I would love to
>> have a way of accessing bookshare books on the mac as well. On windows
>> there is another program you can use called read out loud, but don't
>> think their is a mac equivalent.
>> 
>> On 4/11/16, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I download the books, in either .brf or daisy txt only formats.
>>> 
>>> I read them with my braille display in either i text express or in sasarafi,
>>> depending on the format of the book.
>>> 
>>> some say you have to have your display set for computer braille..
>>> 
>>> hth,
>>> Caitlyn
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 9:57 AM, Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello All,
>>>> Has anybody found a good way !read BRF or DAISY text files on the Mac with
>>>> a braille Display?
>>>> Thanks, Aleeha
>>>> 
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