[duxuser] Re: duxuser opens file but, not being displayed rite

  • From: "John Sanders" <starmy22@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:46:05 -0500

Hi, when I try to translate it in to text format, jaws still reads my file as 
if it were still in braille.
I'll e-mail dux bury technical support.
Sincerely,
John Sanders

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:24 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: duxuser opens file but, not being displayed rite


> 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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