Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac

2014-04-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
I haven't actually done that conversion before. Sometimes I convert documents by simply pasting text in, but then you lose all your formatting. With things like epub or mobi, Calibre command-line can be used. Teresa "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham On Apr 17, 2014, a

Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac

2014-04-17 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
I agree with this! I looked at nfb trans yesterday and was totally overwhelmed by what you'd have to do to get it running! Thanks for the Louis link! Cait On Apr 16, 2014, at 7:22 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Yes, it can. Louis can also be used to do this. > > NFBTrans is a command-line applica

Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac

2014-04-17 Thread Devin Prater
Ah, thanks. So how would I convert a pages file to HTML? I didn't think Pages could export to HTML. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com > On Apr 17, 2014, at 8:12, Teresa Coc

Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac

2014-04-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
If you convert a file to html, louis will convert it to brf. That makes sense, since the markup is text as well. Going the other way is a little more problematic. Half the time Louis interprets braille italics as dots 4-6 in computer braille, putting a period before each word instead. Personall

Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac

2014-04-17 Thread Devin Prater
In my experience, it can't work well with italics or any other kind of formatting. It only works with plain text files. Devin Prater Sent from my iPod 5. iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com email: d.pra...@me.com Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com > On Apr 16, 2014,

Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac

2014-04-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
thanks jg On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:49 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/28601/louis > > Teresa > > On the other hand, there are different fingers. > > On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > >> Where do you get Louis? >> jg >> >> On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:22

Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac

2014-04-16 Thread Teresa Cochran
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/28601/louis Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > Where do you get Louis? > jg > > On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> Yes, it can. Louis can also be used to do this. >>

Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac

2014-04-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
Where do you get Louis? jg On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Yes, it can. Louis can also be used to do this. > > NFBTrans is a command-line application. This build has to be compiled and > installed, and I still have to learn to do this. There are instructions in > the read

Re: Topic: reading brf files on the mac

2014-04-16 Thread Teresa Cochran
Yes, it can. Louis can also be used to do this. NFBTrans is a command-line application. This build has to be compiled and installed, and I still have to learn to do this. There are instructions in the readMe file, but they assume some knowledge of command-line. So as for my own situation, I'll