[Blindtlk] An Reader 3 Question

Danielle Ledet singingmywayin at gmail.com
Sat Sep 26 21:50:28 UTC 2015


Correct, and I don't have it because somebody swiped my JAWS upgrade
that I paid for right out of the mailbox! No Learning Ally Book
Player, no FS Reader; therefore,no Learning Ally books.

On 9/26/15, Szostak, Christine via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>   Not a stupid question at all! It is from Freedom Scientific and comes with
> JAWS and I think though do not know for sure since I do not use it, Magic.
> If you do not have these products you can not access it to my awareness.
>
>   It is their own DAISY reader. it works with their training materials as
> well as with Learning Ally and Bookshare books. It does not work with NLS
> and I am not sure if it works at all with things like NFB Newsline.
> Hope that helps and have a fabulous rest of the weekend!
> Chris
>
> Dr. Christine M. Szostak
> Assistant Professor of Psychology
> Department of Social Sciences
> Shorter University
> Rome, Georgia
> szostak.1 at osu.edu
> cszostak at shorter.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via
> blindtlk
> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 2:34 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>; Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] An FSReader 3 Question
>
> Really stupid question. What is FS reader?
>
> Ericka Short
> "Friends are like flowers in the garden of life"
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 24, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Mike Freeman via blindtlk
>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Have you contacted FS Tech Support?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Szostak, Christine via blindtlk
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 11:53 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Cc: Szostak, Christine
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] An FSReader 3 Question
>>
>> Hi All,
>>  I  was curious if anyone has attempted to use FSReader 3 with
>> Learning Ally books? When I use FSReader 2, I am able to navigate in
>> the main screen page by page... however, although I can navigate the
>> training materials that FS provides perfectly in v3 just as they
>> suggest, Learning Ally  books act very oddly in v3.
>>
>>  For example, in v2, in the main screen, the pages would be listed as
>> seen
>> below:
>>
>> 1
>>
>> 2
>>
>> 3
>>
>> 4
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Thus, as you moved with the arrow keys, the page number would change
>> to whatever page the cursor landed on.
>>
>>  IN contrast, in v3, in a Learning Ally book, I get the following with
>> respect to pages:
>>
>> 1 2 3 4 ...
>>
>>  When I move with the arrows, in this section, it tends to jump back
>> to the table of contents or some other section, and often will just
>> freeze up on me if I do this while it is playing.
>>
>>  Has anyone else experienced better results with LA books in v2 than
>> v3? If anyone has successfully navigated LA books in v3, I would love
>> any thoughts you may have!
>> Have a wonderful almost end of the week!
>> Chris
>> Dr. Christine M. Szostak
>> Assistant Professor of Psychology
>> Department of Social Sciences
>> Shorter University
>> Rome, Georgia
>> szostak.1 at osu.edu<mailto:szostak.1 at osu.edu>
>> cszostak at shorter.edu
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blindtlk mailing list
>> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> blindtlk:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/k7uij%40panix.co
>> m
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blindtlk mailing list
>> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> blindtlk:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gma
>> il.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> blindtlk mailing list
> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> blindtlk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/szostak.1%40buckeyemail.osu.edu
>
> _______________________________________________
> blindtlk mailing list
> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> blindtlk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/singingmywayin%40gmail.com
>


-- 
Danielle

Email: singingmywayin at gmail.com




More information about the BlindTlk mailing list