Turning eight-dot braille off is not an option. This is a .abt file, I think because at the end it has all the printing format. At any rate, if i turn off eight-dot braille it reverts to not being translated into braille; it looks like what you hear when you try to read the file in text edit. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:39 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > you can turn off 8 dot braille in vo utility in the braille pane. > > As for the characters, if it's a .brf file, it's hard coded and not an actual > text edit issue. even if you use the file in terminal you'll still see the > braille lf return characters. More and less work nicely in terminal btw > incase you've not used it. > > On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Can anybody tell me the best way to read a braille file on the Mac. An agency > did a book for me; they are sending me the embossed copy but they already > emailed the braille file. I'm trying to read it with my refreshabraille in > text edit and i have two problems. > > 1. The minor problem is of course the extra dots 7 and 8; I can deal with > this but it would be nice not to have those dots. > 2. My big problem is that text edit is showing "return" at the end of each > line and these are showing up on the braille display looking like braille > "mj" for each return. Am I going to have to edit this file or run it through > some kind of filter to have a decent reading experience or should I be > reading in something other than text edit? Thanks for any help. > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > with his > Hands-On Technologeye(s) > touching the internet > Reducing technologys' disabilities > one byte at a time > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx