Without some kind of translator, you can't do it. One of the few computer-like devices I know of that allows direct reading of .brf files as if they were plain text is the PAC Mate, although there very likely are others. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Snyder" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 2:05 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Off topic program to read brf files on the computer Hi Group, I am looking for a simple way to read brf files on the computer using a screen reader with a voice synthesizer. I know that openbook and possibly Duxbury can enable one to read brf files with voice, but I am looking for a program that costs $30 or less. I am not interested in producing a back-translated file into a txt file, I just want the computer to speak English when I open a brf file rather than speaking the ascii code. I do not think the NFB translation program will do that. Does anyone have an answer for me? Thanks in advance. Tim