[bookport] Re: Web Braille -- Topic for Discussion
- From: "lana" <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:26:32 -0600
I missed something, here. If you have a book port, why the need to read in
text?
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From: "Robert Carter" <r-carter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 6:06 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Web Braille -- Topic for Discussion
Hi All,
Barbara, I am confident that the national library service does not have a
problem with you reading
web braille on either your book port or kurzweil.
Robert Carter
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:50:30 -0700 (PDT), Barbara wrote:
>I learned it from the NLS Librarian at the library in Sacramento. I told
>her that I was going to read the files as text on Book Port and she said
>that she didn't hear that. Also, it says on the Web-Braille sight that
>the files cannot be converted into e-books and read as text. However, my
>Kurzweil program let me download the .brf file as text without any
>problem.
>
>Barbara
>
>Dan Keys <dnkeys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hello,
>Hummmmmmmm!
>Where did you get that. I've never read that in the what's aloud stuff.
>Dan
>On Jun 15, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Barbara wrote:
>
>>I figured it out. I used my Kurzweil program as you suggested and
>>was able to download a Web-Braille file. According to NLS, did you
>>know that it is illegal for us to read the .brf files from Web-
>>Braille as text files? How does the group justify this? I justify
>>it by feeling that anyway that we can get books is okay and that we
>>are not distributing them to other people. Is that how everyone
>>else feels? I wish that NLS would change its policy about only
>>reading .brf files in braille form so that I wouldn't feel like I
>>am committing a crime when I read the .brf Web-Braille files in
>>text form. This is a topic for discussion if anyone cares to
>>discuss it. Again, thanks for your help. Now, I have access to one
>>more available reading source. The wonders of modern technology
>>(smile).
>>
>>Barbara
>>
>>Woody Anna Dresner wrote:
>>Hi Barbara,
>>
>>the easiest thing to do is go to the NLS site
>>www.loc.gov/nls
>>and choose the quick Search. Search for a title and/or author, and
>>put the words "web braille" without the quotes in the keyword box.
>>Any results will include links to download the volumes. Before you
>>can download, you have to enter your username and password, and
>>each time you have to accept a pledge that you won't do anything
>>dastardly with the files you download. If you're using a PC, be
>>sure you choose the PC, not the notetaker button when you accept
>>the pledge.
>>
>>If you happen to have Kurzweil 1000, you can use its online book
>>search facility to find and download from Web-Braille. This has
>>the advantage that book files are renamed to the book title, making
>>it easier to find what you want. OpenBook used to work with Web-
>>Braille, but I don't know whether it still does because the Web-
>>Braille site changes often, and I don't know whether it's kept up
>>with the changes.
>>
>>HTH,
>>Anna
>>
>
>
>
>I learned it from the NLS Librarian at the library in
>Sacramento. I told her that I was going to read the files as
> text on Book Port and she said that she didn't hear that.
>Also, it says on the Web- Braille sight that the files cannot
>be converted into e- books and read as text. However, my
>Kurzweil program let me download the .brf file as text without
>any problem. Barbara Dan Keys <dnkeys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello,
>Hummmmmmmm! Where did you get
>that. I've never read that in the what's aloud stuff. Dan On Jun 15,
>2007, at 8:22 PM, Barbara wrote: > I figured it out. I used my Kurzweil
>program as you suggested and > was able to download a Web-Braille file.
>According to NLS, did you > know that it is illegal for us to read the
>.brf files from Web- > Braille as text files? How does the group
>justify this? I justify > it by feeling that anyway that we can get
>books is okay and that we > are not distributing them to other people.
>Is that how everyone > else feels? I wish that NLS would change its
>policy about only > reading .brf files in braille form so that I
>wouldn't feel like I > am committing a crime when I read the .brf
>Web-Braille files in > text form. This is a topic for discussion if
>anyone cares to > discuss it. Again, thanks for your help. Now, I have
>access to one > more available reading source. The wonders of modern
>technology > (smile). > > Barbara > > Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > Hi
>Barbara, > > the easiest thing to do is go to the NLS site >
>www.loc.gov/nls > and choose the quick Search. Search for a title and/or
>author, and > put the words "web braille" without the quotes in the
>keyword box. > Any results will include links to download the volumes.
>Before you > can download, you have to enter your username and
>password, and > each time you have to accept a pledge that you won't do
>anything > dastardly with the files you download. If you're using a PC,
>be > sure you choose the PC, not the notetaker button when you accept
>> the pledge. > > If you happen to have Kurzweil 1000, you can use its
>online book > search facility to find and download from Web-Braille.
>This has > the advantage that book files are renamed to the book
>title, making > it easier to find what you want. OpenBook used to work
>with Web- > Braille, but I don't know whether it still does because the
>Web- > Braille site changes often, and I don't know whether it's kept
>up > with the changes. > > HTH, > Anna >
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