If there is a back translation program for mac I would love to know about it. I miss my bookmarks.
Becky and Ceil On Apr 20, 2012, at 2:13 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > I'm puzzled. Why not just back translate the brf file? The problem with this > method is that you can only read the file in ibooks with a braille display; > no ability to listen to the book with voiceover. > For windows users, there is a free back translation program. Not sure for the > Mac. > If you are a kurzweil user, you can load the brf file into k1000 and it will > back translate it. You can then save it at least as a txt file before > converting it to pdf or epub. > > On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Timothy Emmons wrote: > >> Thanks Theresa, i appreciate this, this method is a lot easier than I was >> going through the steps with so if you don't mind I am going to share this >> with one of my patrons here at the library. I work with the braille >> collection here at the Library for the Blind and also handle technology and >> alternative reading methods and this goes right up there with what I do >> perfectly. Thanks for the trick and I'll pass this along if you don't mind. >> I've been using web braille on Itunes but I've been doing it the hard way >> using a braille translator, a book converter, like Stanza, and all that >> junk, but this makes it easier. Thanks again and take care. Talk to you >> soon. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, all, >>> >>> I don't usually cross-post, but this seems like an instance in which it >>> would be beneficial. >>> >>> I'm going to share with you all the way I've successfully imported >>> WebBraille books to read in IBooks. There are other methods of reading >>> these on the IPhone/IPod, but this method will allow you to keep your place >>> in the book when you need to pause reading. I used TextEdit on the Mac to >>> open the file and export it to pdf. Check your text-editor's documentation >>> on exporting to pdf if you're using another OS or editor. >>> >>> This method will only work with a braille display, and does *not* work with >>> speech. >>> >>> I haven't tested it on other brf files, but you might give it a try. >>> >>> 1. Open a brf WebBraille file in TextEdit. If you don't like the uppercase >>> dot-7 caps appearing for all of the characters, select all the text, go >>> into the edit menu, choose "transformations" and change to lower case. At >>> this point, you can check the document with the braille display to see if >>> it is readable. Use eight-dot Braille, uncontracted. >>> 2. From the file menu in TextEdit, choose "export to pdf". In the save >>> dialog, you'll be presented with a filename with a pdf extension. Save the >>> file in a place that's easy to find. >>> 3. In Itunes add the file you just saved to your library. It will appear in >>> your Books list. >>> 4. Use whichever sync settings you've specified to sync this book to your >>> IDevice. I usually do this manually, placing the file in my Ipod/books >>> playlist. >>> 5. Open IBooks and find the file in your IBooks library. Change Braille to >>> eight-dot, uncontracted. Use dots 3- and 6-chord at the page chooser to >>> switch pages. >>> >>> Enjoy. >>> >>> Teresa >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
