ELLAeBraille: digital braille packages from ELLA
eBraille is a newer digital format for braille publications. It is a package of files with navigation and details about the publication, such as its title and author. ELLA can make an eBraille package, and it can check one.
What ELLA asks for
ELLA needs the title, the author, the language and the braille system you want, because those details say how the publication is identified and read. It asks if you have not said.
The copyright year is not something you can set. The package uses the year ELLA makes it, which is the year of this braille edition, not of the original work, and ELLA tells you so. Check the package details before you share it.
Download only
eBraille is download only. Download the package and open it in a reader or note-taker that supports eBraille.
eBraille or BRF
If your device does not say it supports eBraille, ask for BRF instead. BRF opens on far more devices today.
Checking
ELLA checks an eBraille package as a package. The checks look at its structure and formatting. They cannot tell whether the braille is the right braille for a reader. A person should look at it. See check a braille file.
Who it suits
Choose eBraille when the reader or the school asks for it by name, or when a publication needs chapter navigation and details about the work that travel with the file. For a quick read on a display, BRF is simpler. For embossing, BRF or PEF is the usual choice.
Settings
You can make eBraille your default braille file format in an accessibility profile. The setting is called "Braille file format".
Still stuck?
Browse the help centre, or contact support and say what you were trying to do.