Yes, dot 6 and other Braille indicaors are retained. John On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:36:23AM -0400, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > 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. > 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