[duxuser] Re: Odd Problem, Can You Help

  • From: Jean Menzies <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
  • To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:20:48 -0600


Another simple free solution is to get the free braille translator called 
NFBTrans and it allows for back translation as well. Very basic, but I used 
to use it and it worked well. In its original form, it had to be run from a 
DOS prompt, but there is now a Windows interface through which it runs 
called WinTrans. I'm sure various blindness sites have it, but you can read 
more about it and download it from
http://www.moving-mountains.com/utils.shtml

Very simple, but fast and it does the job for basic use.

Jean

  "Moderation in all things" is a good motto, but one needs to do moderation 
in moderation.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Campbell" <ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:07 AM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Odd Problem, Can You Help




Hi All:

Got the file into BRF then successfully opened in Kurzweil 1000.  This helps 
my client since she has Kurzweil.

Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician
Adaptive Technology Center
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
1850 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL  60608
312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or
888-825-0080 (voice/Relay)
ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
AIM Screen Name: tclhelp

-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Anne Ronco
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:03 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Odd Problem, Can You Help

Good morning,

OpenBook is manufactured by Freedom Scientific. Your client's best option is 
to contact them for help using their product:

http://www.freedomscientific.com/

<http://www.freedomscientific.com/> Best regards,

Anne Ronco
email: Anne@xxxxxxxxxx

Duxbury Systems, Inc.
270 Littleton Road, #6; Westford, MA 01886-3523 USA
TEL: + 978-692-3000 FAX: + 978-692-7912 Email (general): info@xxxxxxxxxx Web 
site: http://www.DuxburySystems.com <http://www.duxburysystems.com/> Duxbury 
Systems, the first name in software for Braille - since 1975.


At 11:28 AM 4/30/2008, you wrote:




Hello All:

Here's one for you.  I am trying to help a client that needs a way to
translate books formatted in Braille files, like .brf or .dxb, into text
files that she can listen to on her computer.  She has a Braille Note
that does not work at all and that she cannot afford to get upgraded.

Someone suggested I try opening Braille files in Open Book.  So, before
talking with my client I decided I'd experiment with doing just that.
When I went into Open Book, then selected a Braille file in DXB format
to open and pressed enter on it, the file did not open.  Instead, it was
printed to my default printer, wasting a lot of paper.

Does anyone know if you can open .brf or .dxb files using Open Book and
if so, any special ways to do it?  I would especially be interested if
one can open these files in Open Book if you don't have Duxbury as my
client does not.

Thanks,



Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician
Adaptive Technology Center
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
1850 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL  60608
312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or
888-825-0080 (voice/Relay)
ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
AIM Screen Name: tclhelp
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