[bookshare-discuss] e: Re: e: Re: brf file question
- From: Jack and Becky <icanjam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:59:30 -0600
Hello Dave and list!!
If I'm not mistaken bookshare uses libLouis with which I believe
John J. Boyer is involved if not the actual Author.
I used Nfbtrans back in those WONDERFUL DOS days. Don't have
much occasion to use a braille translator now since, as you say
the braille lite does a bang up job of such, by itself, and
that's what I use for my reading pleasure and work related
things.
Smile!
All The best
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: David Goldfield <disciple1211@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:55:02 -0500
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: e: Re: brf file question
Jack,
I'm flattered that you still remember me as I haven't been with
Blazie
Engineering since 1998. I do have one of the original Braille
Lites and
at some point I'm going to transfer a few Bookshare titles to it
to
check out the translation. Does anyone know what translator
Bookshare
is using to convert the actual files? I gather there are at
least two
open-source products out there: the one that I use to do
back-translation is Winbt based on Wintrans which, in turn, is
based on
NFB-trans. I realize that devices like the Braille Lite and
Braillenote
probably handle these tasks quite well on their own without the
need for
additional software but I do a lot of my work and play on a
Windows PC
and don't have Duxbury. Btw, for anyone who'd like to check out
Winbt
you can get it from
http://empowermentzone.com/WinBT.htm
Jack and Becky wrote:
Hey David and the rest of you good folks.
Bookshare is aware of all these translation problems and a fix
is in
the works for them.
BTW Dave I remember you from the good old Blazie days. I have
two
braille lite forties. Think for a deaf blind person they are
arguably
one of the best book reading machines every made. Ain't a bad
note
taker either. Though old in technology terms, they still have
Many
many uses.
You guys have a wonderful day!
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: David Goldfield <disciple1211@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:29:46 -0500
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: brf file question
This is interesting. I've never actually looked at the accuracy
of the
Braille translations. When I've downloaded .brf files I usually
just
run them through a back translator and then send them to my
Kindle.
I'll have to try actually reading them on my Braille Lite and
see
what
that experience is actually like.
Rick Roderick wrote:
I notice that quotes sometimes get translated as dot 4, question
mark. I
think that this happens if an extra space occurs in the file
that is
imported.
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