Brl files used to be MicroBraille, which were totally different. However, I
don't think MicroBraille is still around. If it works, rename the file.
Good luck.
Mickey
Hey Pam,
I'm no expert on BRL vs BRF, but my understanding is that they are two
different formats. If that's true it'd be like changing a .doc extension to
.rtf and then trying to open the rtf in Wordpad, the program would have no
idea what to do.
I would always caution against renaming extensions unless the files are in plain text. For instance .log files often can be renamed to .txt files and read quite easily.
Cheers!
Jake
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Quinn" <quinn.family@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: kurzweil file weirdness .brl versus .brf
1 page. Some books were listed as .brf extention, but once unzipped, theyWouldn't it work just to rename the .brl files with a .brf extension?
Pam
> Hi everyone. > >This evening I encountered some weirdness with braille files on the step
turned out to be the .brl files which is another kind of braille file. I
opened the file using Kurzweil and checked it for completeness. When I
tried to upload the book, bookshare wouldn't take it because the .brl
extention didn't match the .brf extention it was expecting. I rejected the
book and wrote the submitter. Still, I wanted to caution anyone not to
submit .brl files because bookshare won't let you upload them in any other
form than .brf. the .brl and .brf extentions aren't compatible. It's like
trying to use kurzweil to open .ark files. You can't even translate the
.brl file to print and upload a .rtf file because bookshare wants .brf
extentions only for braille files. Ok, I promise my next post won't be so
technical *smile*.> > >Cheryl Fogle MA >Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, University of New Mexico
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