I do use the display in 6-dot mode for normal reading. That may be why I never knew BRF files were upper-case. Does your program retain the dot 6? Al -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 9:03 PM To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Please contact me offlist if you think this would be useful. I'm a devoted Braille reader and have been since first grade. brf files are all in upper case. Capitalization is indicated by dot 6. What software are you using to read the BARD files. It must be converting from uper-case to lower-case. Otherwise you would see dot 7 sticking up all the time.. Or perhaps your Braille display is set to 6-dot mode. John On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 06:15:35PM -0400, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hi, John. > > I must be missing something here. I read lots and lots of Braille, > including from Bard and Bookshare. Indeed, Braille is my primary > reading medium and has been for something over fifty years. I've > never known Bard BRF files to be in all uppercase--although I assume > one would or should be if the print it was converted from itself was > uppercase. What am I getting wrong, if anything? > > Thanks! > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2019 1:39 PM > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Please contact me offlist if you think this would be useful. > > Hi Al, > > It sounds like you are not a Braille reader. .brf files have all the > letters in upper-case. They also have special indicartors to indicate > capitalization. The upper-case is unpleasant to read on a Braille > display, because the dot 7 sticks up continuously. Converting > everything to lower-case loses nothing. > > John > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 08:22:40AM -0400, Linux for blind general > discussion > wrote: > > Greetings! > > > > I don't know that I'd use the program, but I understand the > > usefulness of combining volumes and removing a lot of extra blank > > lines. Why does the program convert uppercase to lowercase, though? > > (I'd typically want to know what's capitalized and what's not in a > > book or > > magazine.) > > > > Al > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion > > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 7:42 PM > > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Please contact me offlist if you think this would be useful. > > > > Hello, > > > > I have developed a program which makes books from the BARD website > > of the National Library Service braille display friendly. It does > > the > following: > > > > Combines all volumes into one file; > > Converts upper-case to lower-case; > > Eliminates extra blanks at the ends of lines; Skips more than 1 > > blank > line. > > > > The conversion program is written in C, so it should work oo Windows. > > The command line for it uses the Linux cat command. I don't know of > > anything equivalent on Windows. > > > > Happy and blessed Easter, > > John > > > > -- > > John J. Boyer > > Email: john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org > > Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. > > Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA > > Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM > > services > > that are available at no cost > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > John J. Boyer > Email: john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org > Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. > Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA > Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM > services > that are available at no cost > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- John J. Boyer Email: john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. 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