BRF - Revision history

Thorsted at 18:55, 6 October 2021

2021-10-06T18:55:21Z

Jsummers: Replaced broken link with a similar one

2017-05-09T19:19:02Z

Replaced broken link with a similar one

Jsummers at 21:59, 4 March 2016

2016-03-04T21:59:53Z

Dan Tobias at 17:13, 12 October 2013

2013-10-12T17:13:24Z

Dan Tobias at 17:08, 12 October 2013

2013-10-12T17:08:00Z

Dan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Character Encodings }} '''BRF''' is a format for saving Braille text in ASCII form for computerized transmission, using..."

2013-10-12T17:07:41Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Character Encodings }} '''BRF''' is a format for saving Braille text in ASCII form for computerized transmission, using..."

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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Character Encodings
}}
'''[[BRF]]''' is a format for saving [[Braille]] text in [[ASCII]] form for computerized transmission, using various ASCII characters to represent the Braille symbols. The files will generally look like gibberish to those unfamiliar with the format, but since only normal ASCII characters are used the file can be transmitted just like any text file, not requiring any special binary handling.

== Links ==
* [http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/BRF MobileRead Wiki Entry]
* [http://www.dotlessbraille.org/brf.htm Obtaining Plain Braille Files]
* [http://www.dotlessbraille.org/view.htm Sighted Viewing of Plain Braille Files]
* [http://www.duxburysystems.com/documentation/dbt11.1/brf_files.htm Importing BRF files into DBT]

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 |subcat=Character encoding
 |extensions={{ext|brf}}
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-[[BRF]] is a format for saving [[Braille]] text in [[ASCII]] form for computerized transmission, using various ASCII characters to represent the Braille symbols. The files will generally look like gibberish to those unfamiliar with the format (with some familiar letters surrounded by other symbols that aren't so familiar), but since only normal ASCII characters are used the file can be transmitted just like any text file, not requiring any special binary handling.
+[[BRF]] is a format for saving [[Braille]] text in [[ASCII]] form for computerized transmission, using various ASCII characters to represent the Braille symbols. The files will generally look like gibberish to those unfamiliar with the format (with some familiar letters surrounded by other symbols that aren't so familiar), but since only normal ASCII characters are used the file can be transmitted just like any text file, not requiring any special binary handling. Developed by Duxbury Systems in the 1980's for the DOS version of [[DBT]].
 == Links ==
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 * [http://www.dotlessbraille.org/brf.htm Obtaining Plain Braille Files]
 * [http://www.dotlessbraille.org/view.htm Sighted Viewing of Plain Braille Files]
-* [http://www.duxburysystems.com/documentation/dbt11.1/brf_files.htm Importing BRF files into DBT]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170721224658/http://www.duxburysystems.com/documentation/dbt11.1/brf_files.htm Importing BRF files into [[DBT]]]
 * [http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/t2201/t2201-16e.brf Sample file (something to do with Canadian taxes)]

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 |extensions={{ext|brf}}
 }}
-'''[[BRF]]''' is a format for saving [[Braille]] text in [[ASCII]] form for computerized transmission, using various ASCII characters to represent the Braille symbols. The files will generally look like gibberish to those unfamiliar with the format (with some familiar letters surrounded by other symbols that aren't so familiar), but since only normal ASCII characters are used the file can be transmitted just like any text file, not requiring any special binary handling.
+[[BRF]] is a format for saving [[Braille]] text in [[ASCII]] form for computerized transmission, using various ASCII characters to represent the Braille symbols. The files will generally look like gibberish to those unfamiliar with the format (with some familiar letters surrounded by other symbols that aren't so familiar), but since only normal ASCII characters are used the file can be transmitted just like any text file, not requiring any special binary handling.
 == Links ==
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 * [http://www.dotlessbraille.org/view.htm Sighted Viewing of Plain Braille Files]
 * [http://www.duxburysystems.com/documentation/dbt11.1/brf_files.htm Importing BRF files into DBT]
-* [http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/t2201/t2201-12e.brf Sample file (something to do with Canadian taxes)]
+* [http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/t2201/t2201-16e.brf Sample file (something to do with Canadian taxes)]

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 {{FormatInfo
 |formattype=electronic
-|subcat=Character Encodings
+|subcat=Character encoding
 |extensions={{ext|brf}}
 }}