Re: A strange reverse conversion query

Orlando Enrique Fiol <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:04:59 -0400
Newsgroups alt.comp.blind-users
Organization Surila
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes:
>Most people want to convert  text files to Braille files, but I have been 
>given a few short articles in .BRL format and need to make them into Ascii.
> They were written on a brailledge 40 apparently, but I don't know enough 
>about the device to know if the originator would be able to load them back 
>into their notepad, and save them out as text files onto the sd card rather 
>than .BRL ones. It seems these are written in contracted Braille.
> Any ideas? There does seem to be a possible solution in the windows 10 
>store for free, but since I do not use Windows 10, and these apps have a 
>very bad record on accessibility I'm loathe to investigate further. I assume 
>the paid for  apps may do it, but only in the full version, and I thought 
>Robobraille might have been able to but if it does I do not see how.
Kurzweil 1000 can convert these BRL files to plain text. If you don't have that 
program, I'd gladly do the articles for you.