Hi all,
Flor, what you sent was wonderful!
I found an audio file on main menu of Tom Dimeo talking about the wintrans program, but he had no braille printer at the time, so he couldn't demonstrate it. It would be nice if someone would try out the wintrans program, and if they liked it, they could do a podcast on blindcooltech.com of a demonstration of how to braille out a file, from wordpad, or microsoft word, using it.
I would love to do it, but I don't have a braille printer, and can't get one for a long time, due to finances.
Harry
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From: "Catherine Getchell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] free braille translator
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:51:31 -0400
I was so terrible with DOS that when Windows came out, I suddenly liked
computers as opposed to loathing them. Hopefully whoever designed it will
decide to make a Windows version some day and get into at least the late
20th century.
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> Hi all,
> Yes, NFB trans is a dos based program and runs in a dos based shell, and
> you can hear a demo of it on main menu, on their archive page.
> I agree, stay away from it, that is, until they come out with a windows
> based version.
> We don't need to go back to the days of dos, with no menus, my heavens no!
> Harry
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> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] free braille translator
> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:38:50 -0400
>
> I recently investigated this translator, and it seems to require Dos
> commands and run on a Dos shell. Pam or other listers, is this your
> experience with using NFBTrans? I'm strictly a Windows person and
> wouldn't know a Dos command if it bit me in the... So any help or
> advice on using NFBTrans for us Windows-dependent folks would be
> tremendously helpful. Thanks!
> Catherine Getchell
>
> On 8/29/08, Pam Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I finally found the freeware for individual or home use for Braille
>> Translation. You still need an embosser and must save your document as
>> a text file before translating. It uses contracted Braille only. I
>> was happy to get the new site for this freeware.
>> http://www.nfb.org/nfb/nfbtrans.asp?SnID=995977526
>>
>> Pam
>>
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> Yes, nfb trans is a dos based program, in a dos shell, whatever you do,
> stay away from it, that is, until they come out with a windows based
> version.
> Harry
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