Gigi, I do in fact have a Braille display and thanks for the tips. I'm actually taking the course to help me along with setting up math problems. I could probably just read over the Nemeth book someone gave me, but I thought perhaps I could use a bit more help and a study guide might get me motivated as well. :) Thanks,
On Nov 6, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi there. > I not too long ago completed the NLS course on Nemeth Code using a PacMate to > create brf files. > > First, do you have a braille display? You have less of a problem, I think, if > the goal is to teach Nemeth Code and not just to get yourself certified to be > a transcriber or a proofreader. Certain parts of Nemeth Code may have to be > done on a brailler because when you get into spatial arrangement of problems, > then a brailler is easier. You may not have to do that in a Hadley course; I > had to for NLS. So, once I got to where I had to do spatial arrangement, I > switched to a Perkins. I tried doing it with brf files, but I found getting > the problems to line up was a real pain without the brailler. > > However, having said that, you might be able to do it quite successfully if > you turn off Auto complete so that your computer won't bother you. Then you > can turn on computer braille by setting your Mac on uncontracted braille and > turning on dots seven and eight so that you get computer braille. > > I haven't tried to set the Mac to produce a file with a brf extension so that > other systems will be lied to and think they have a perfectly good braille > file. I've done that with Word Pad, I believe. > > when I had to do it, I had to count the lines per page and put in carriage > returns where needed so that my lines did not exceed 40 characters per line. > If necessary, page breaks could also be put in where needed, too. I had to > count lines because my PacMate did not automatically make a new line every 40 > characters. > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Nov 6, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> All, >> >> I am taking this Hadley course and I have the option of Brailing the >> assignments and mailing them to the instructor or sending them as Braille >> files. I'm studying the Nemeth Code. :) So, how could I possibly pull this >> off? I thought there was a software program that would convert text to >> Braille, but is that sufficient for what I want to do? >> Any input appreciated. Just figured it would save on postage and I have an >> old Brailler that is rather testy and tends to make more a mess than dots >> and my slate skills aren't such that I could produce results fast enough. :) >> Getting slow in my old age. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
