Brad,
If its braille, how do you read it? Do you have a braille
display? I only have a monitor, but I do have a braille blazer an I
wouldn't even want to think of having that thing print out a
book. It is so noisy. We always say, "mom's makin' pop corn," when
it runs. It drives me nuts.
Kathy
Kathy
At 04:03 PM 5/21/2006, you wrote:
>Nope. Just view them on my computer and I convert it to text using
>WinTrans. A free program.
>
>Brad
>
>
>on 06:58 AM 5/20/2006, Kathy Du Bois said:
>
>Hey, Question to those of you who use web braille,
>Do you use a braille blazer to print out what you down load, or some
>other device?
>Kathy
>
>At 07:21 PM 5/19/2006, you wrote:
>Thanks Jen. I'll do that. I figured there was a way... just got to
>know the right folks *smile*.
>
>Brad
>
>
>on 09:51 AM 5/19/2006, Jenifer Gilley said:
>
>Hi all. you can save the web braille file without going through all
>of the translating and stuff. Do the following. **following
>excerpted from faq**
>
>Q1. Is there an easy way to download Web-Braille (.brf) files with
>Internet Explorer?
>
>A1. If your Internet Explorer opens .brf files and you would prefer
>to have the option of downloading these files without opening them
>first, one way to
>do this is to create a registered file type for .brf file extensions.
>
>For all versions of Windows:
>List of 13 items (contains 3 nested lists)
>. 1. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer.
>. 2. Do an alt-v (Windows 95 and 98) to open the View menu or an
>alt-t (Windows ME, 2000, and XP) to open the Tools menu.
>. 3. Select "options" or "folder options".
>. 4. You will be presented with a tabbed dialog box. Press the tab
>key until you reach the tab controls and right arrow twice to reach
>the "file types"
>tab.
>. 5. Tab until you reach "new..." or "new type..." and press enter.
>
>For Windows 95 and 98:
>. 6. Tab through the fields and fill in the following:
>List of 3 items nesting level 1
>. A. Description of type: Here you can enter whatever you like,
>these are the words you will see on the file types list. One
>possibility is: "formatted
>braille file".
>. B. Associated Extension: brf
>. c. Content Type: application
>list end nesting level 1
>
>For Windows Me, 2000 and XP:
>. 6. Tab through the fields and fill in the following:
>List of 3 items nesting level 1
>. a. For "file extension" type "brf".
>. B. tab to "advanced" and press enter. You will be in the "file
>type associations" combo box.
>. C. Start typing the word "application" fairly quickly and when you
>reach appl, you should land on it. Tab to ok and press enter. Tab to
>close and press
>enter.
>list end nesting level 1
>
>For all versions of Windows:
>Once you have created a file type for .brf files, if you want to be
>able to view the file online, you will need to specify an action. If
>you don't wish
>to specify an action at this time, tab to "close" and press enter.
>
>For Windows 95 and 98:
>. 7. Keep tabbing until you reach "action" and then tab once more to "new...".
>
>For Windows ME, 2000, and XP:
>. 7. Tab until you reach the registered files type listview and be
>sure the brf file type is highloighted.
>
>For Windows ME and 2000:
>. 8. Tab until you reach "Advanced" and press enter. Then tab until
>you reach "action" and then tab once more to "new...".
>
>For all versions of Windows, except XP:
>. 9. Press enter on "new" and fill in the following two fields:
>List of 3 items nesting level 1
>. A. Action: open
>. B. Application to perform action: (here you can put in any editor
>that you would like to use. If you don't know what to put in, try:
>"C:\program files\accessories\wordpad.exe"
>"%1" Be sure to use the quotes, they are important.
>
>For Windows XP
>. 9. Tab until you reach "Change..." and press enter. You will be in
>a treeview of "Programs". Press the first letter of the program you
>want, such as "n"
>for "Notepad" or "w" for "Wordpad".
>list end nesting level 1
>. 10. Tab to ok and press enter.
>. 11. Tab to close and press enter. You are back in the options dialog box.
>list end
>
>Now when you select a .brf file while in Internet Explorer, you will
>be prompted to either "save this file to disk" or "open this file in
>its current location".
>You can also designate the directory where you would like the file saved.
>
>
>hope this helps.
>Jenifer gilley
>"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have
>trouble remembering how to fly."
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>AIM: jenibear1998
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