It has nothing to do with not knowing how to transcribe. I have been using this service for years. The file reads fine on the braillelite and I am sure that my embossed copy, when it arrives, will be fine. -- 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 10:14 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > what if you turn on contracted braille and turn off 8 dot braille? it sounds > like someone doesn't know how to transcribe. > . > > On Jan 10, 2013, at 10:54 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > > -- > 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