Yes, a .brf file must be translated into contracted or uncontracted Braille. Giving an .mp3 extension to a text file will not make the file an .mp3 file. Braille translation software must be used in order to create Braille files!
You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Sep 24, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Desi Noller <desi.nol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I don't mean to be totally dim here, but then are you saying that renaming a > file is the same as saving the file as? Have you done this successfully? If > so, then I truly thank you for the tip! No matter how long I'm at this > technology game, I will continue to be baffled on a regular basis! I didn't > think that simply putting a new extension on a file would ascribe to it the > characteristics of that file type. Since BRF stands for Braille Ready > Format, doesn't the document have to be translated into Braille before it can > truly be a .brf file? Thanks to anyone for any clarification on this! This > is a great list, and I really do appreciate your help! > > Desi > > > > On Sep 24, 2013, at 7:29 AM, Chris Moore <chris.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How about renaming the files from .txt to .brf >> Chris >> On Sep 24, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Desi Noller <desi.nol...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Good Morning! >>> >>> Is there a way, using the Mac, to save .txt, .doc, or any other file type >>> as .brf files for use on my iOS devices with my Braille Display? Now that >>> .brf files can be imported into the BARD App, I have a number of files I >>> could use that way if I could save them as .brf files. Any help with this >>> would be greatly appreciated! >>> >>> Desi >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
