[Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for Bookshare

Thu Sep 3 01:49:07 UTC 2015

You guys must have missed the note from last night where the transplant was
brought in as being more important than BARD, and that people should stop
complaining and that people walk around the block and get some fresh air.
She was referring to that note.  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

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From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Mike Freeman via Electronics-talk
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 4:09 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
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Cc: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for
Bookshare

Thanks, Ray.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr via Electronics-talk
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 1:29 PM
To: Electronics Talk List
Cc: Ray Foret Jr
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for
Bookshare

What, may I enquire, do transplants have to do with BARD?

In an attempt to return some sanity to this thread, I offer to web tools
which can be used to determine whether any site is working.

http://isitup.org
and
http://isup.me

In both cases, enter the following web address in to the text box on the
upper left hand side of the page:
nlsbard.loc.gov

These are great tools for use when you wonder if maybe your browser's gone
heywire or if it's the site itself.

Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray,

Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!

Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind
built-in!!!

> On Sep 2, 2015, at 3:19 PM, Star Gazer via Electronics-talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 				BARD is a service and people are right to be
annoyed. Just because 
> some child somewhere needs a transplant doesn't lessen BARD users 
> desire to complain.
> My husband pointed this out to me, and he doesn't use BARD. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Bryan Schulz via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 7:08 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for 
> Bookshare
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Here's a thought, how about everyone not have a panic attack when you 
> can't get a book and see what you're missing outside around the block?
> Yes, you can listen or read braille on your back portch, the point is 
> you all sound like digital addicts.
> I don't think a young child waiting for a transplant in a hospital is 
> freaking out because bard is down for a few days.
> Bryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 5:18 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
> Cc: Mike Freeman
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for 
> Bookshare
> 
> Everyone here is correct. However, I believe I'm on safe ground when I 
> aver that each site has material that the others do not so that the 
> best stratagem to gain the greatest diversity is to use all the sites.
> 
> Mike Freeman
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Jim Barbour via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 2:47 PM
> To: Serena Nickell via Electronics-talk
> Cc: Jim Barbour
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for 
> Bookshare
> 
> Yep, many text books which BARD mostly does not have, and more than 
> Learning Ally has.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 04:39:57PM -0500, Serena Nickell via 
> Electronics-talk wrote:
>> More books, many many more books.    However, a lot of people don't like
> it because a computer voice reads them instead of a human reader.  I 
> believe you can get some textbooks also but don't quote me on that.
>> Serena
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 4:27 PM, Star Gazer via Electronics-talk
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>               Mary and list,
>>> Can you get me smart on bookshare? Other then that it is up, and 
>>> BARD isn't at least for now, what does Bookshare offer that Bard 
>>> can't
> or doesn't?
>>> I've got a bunch of Braille in hard copy, a bunch of BARD books in 
>>> audio on my phone, and some more in audio. So I'm set for awhile 
>>> even if BARD stays down for some time.
>>> Still, I'm curious to know how Bookshare works and what it offers 
>>> that BARD can't or won't.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Mary Donahue via Electronics-talk
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 5:13 PM
>>> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Mary Donahue <braille at satx.rr.com>
>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for 
>>> Bookshare
>>> 
>>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>               BARD is still down. I was able to type in my email 
>>> address and password, but the Login buttonis still not working. All 
>>> I can say is I am glad I am a member of BOOKSHARE.org. It would be 
>>> wise for some of you to get on BOOKSHARE. Then you would have 
>>> another
> alternative to receive books.
>>> If you are a student, or taking courses from Hadley, you are 
>>> entitled to a free subscription. That $75 for first-time members and
>>> $50 for existing members is well worth it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mary Donahue
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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