John,
The fact that the file is a .BRF file is probably the most important piece
of the puzzle. No screen reader will ever read that kind of file correctly
because screen readers are designed to read text, and that file is the
result of translating text into braille. Whenever you run into a problem
like this, it's a good idea to tell us what kind of file you're trying to
read. Had you mentioned that at the outset, you'd have gotten the answer
quite a bit sooner.
Steve
On Tuesday 3/23/04 15:04 John Sanders wrote:
Hi, a couple of other things I forgot to tell you. The file is in a .brf format. I also got the file off of
the web braille service.
Does that help you any?
Sincerely,
John Sanders
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Durber" <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 8:30 AM Subject: [duxuser] Re: duxuser opens file but, not being displayed rite
> If you have already tried the suggestions that have been made by other
> listers, then in my opinion, I have 1 more idea to throw into the pot
> as to why your screen reader is not reading the file correctly.
>
> When files are created in word processors such as Word, WordPerfect
> and DBT, they are created in 2 different ways.
>
> One way is to type headings, paragraphs, outlines and lists etc., and
> pressing <ENTER> twice to separate one block of text from another.
>
> The other way is to type headings, paragraphs, outlines and lists
> etc., with the use of styles.
>
> When using a style, such as a paragraph style, in Word or WordPerfect,
> you can have it insert a blank space between each paragraph measuring
> the distance equal to that of a blank line. Because styles can be
> programmed to do this, you only need to press the <ENTER> key once to
> separate each paragraph and not twice.
>
> The problem arises when the file is save to a .TXT file format. When
> styles are used, only 1 hard return is placed at the point where the
> <ENTER> key is pressed and not 2. The programmers of these word
> processors have not been intelligent enough to work out that, if a
> style has been set to force such a space between units of text, then
> that feature of the style should be replaced with a second hard
> return.
>
> Now the problem is compounded when the saved .TXT file is imported
> into another word processor, such as DBT. In many cases, most, if not
> all of the hard returns are stripped away and they are replaced with
> the space character.
>
> Like me, if you have come across this situation and you have imported
> a file into a word processor and it appears as if it is one huge block
> of text, there is no fast fix solution to solve this problem. Like a
> bad storm, you have to grit your teeth and go through the file and
> format the file as you go along. As far as I know, that is the only
> way. I'm sorry about that.
>
> Sincerely:
>
> Dave Durber
>
> On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:23:17 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >BlankHi, when I open up a .txt file in to duxbury, it doesn't display rite. In other words, my screen reader
isn't reading it rite. How should I go about fixing it?
> >Sincerely,
> >John Sanders
> >
>
>
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