[BNU] Re: Update from Bookshare
- From: Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kskristen@xxxxxxxxx, BN <braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:43:36 -0600
Hmm. I wonder what's new in the braille translator? I wonder if it supports
UEB? But I'd like there to be an option of having page numbers or not. In
novels, I don't particarly care for them. But in text books, I certainly need
them.
sent from the braille plus
Kristen <kskristen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi all--
>
>I contacted Bookshare today; they said they updated to a new
>Braille translation software, which takes the page numbers out
>when transcribing. They are working to resolve this and add the
>numbers back in soon.
>
>Bookshare also suggested that DAISY books will allow for better
>navigation for now and have pages in them. I've never used DAISY
>on my Apex. I really don't want/need the audio; I prefer to read
>books in Braille. Is there a way to download a DAISY book and
>just get the text of a file, not the audio? (If I remember
>correctly from discussion on this list, when downloaded, each
>DAISY book is in its own folder with several files.) Maybe the
>audio file could be deleted?
>
>Also, are there any specific navigation commands that are
>different from BRF files that I would need to know for DAISY?
>Thanks for any help,
>
>--
>Kristen
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