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Wed Apr 24 17:08:06 UTC 2019

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
> 
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> 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 
        that are available at no cost