Hello Rahul: The only time I ever problems reading a brf file in TextEdit was when I discovered that VoiceOver didn't recognize key inputs from my Focus 40. I discovered this by accident. I went into VO setttings, went under braille, under displays, and there discovered that the option for accepting key inputs from the primary braille display was off. When I turned it on, I had no more trouble moving the braille.
It never occurred to me to read a brf file in Safari. I'm going to try it in the hopes that I won't see control characters in Safari. In my case that's more efficient since I'm doing braille proofreading. Thanks for the tip, guys about reading these files in Safari, although I guess I have a question of my own, now that I think about it. When you do reading of brf files in Safari, are you guys talking about reading BARD files? If so, reading Safari won't help me because I get brf files by email from transcribing agencies. Regards, Gigi Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net On Apr 8, 2012, at 11:44 PM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for sharing this piece of information. > I was looking for something like this only. > Can you suggest some ways of improving the reading experience while > reading books in PDF format? > How can I go to the previous or next page in a PDF file? > > On 09/04/2012, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: >> I have always read PDF documents in text edit without any problem just in >> case someone wishes not to open safari. >> >> Kawal. >> >> On 8 Apr 2012, at 10:47 PM, Kirsten Edmondson >> <kirsten.edmond...@btinternet.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> A few weeks ago, someone asked what was the best way of reading PDFs. I >>> gave some vague response, and though I can't remember who asked, I know it >>> comes up quite often, so, below I list more specific steps. I hope they >>> help whoever wanted to know. >>> 1. Find your document in your folder system. >>> 2. Press VO-M and navigate to the File menu. >>> 3. Go down to the Open With menu. >>> 4. Arrow right and then down to Safari. >>> 5. Leave the document to open-this might take some time if it is large for >>> example-when it starts reading, arrow until you are in the window (rather >>> than in the other web functions such as add to reading list etc). >>> 6. Interact with the window with the VO-Down Arrow-Shift command. >>> 7. If you want to read line by line, try to get your reading setting to >>> 'navigation', otherwise when you use the down arrow, you will be reading >>> via character or word. >>> 8. Use the arrows to read up and down each line. >>> 9. Close or quit when you are finished. >>> N.B.: the default setting for PDFs is Preview, which I personally find >>> hard to access. >>> This has worked for me so far most often. >>> I think I said to use Google Chrome last time I emailed, but I think I >>> should really have said Safari, as Chrome seems not to open the document >>> in the same way-often saying 'empty HTML' which Safari does not. >>> Kind regards >>> Kirsten. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- 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.
