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[Linux for blind general discussion]

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
> 
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> 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
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> > 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
> > 
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Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses  live.
Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services 
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