[Faith-talk] Accessible faith resources for all ages

[Ericka]

First, happy Pentecost everyone!  

Thank you Ashley! I know there are other NFB options, but with family things going on like Grandparents in their 90s I just can't get away from family the way I could when I was younger. I already know what to expect since my boyfriend is already up there attending. Anything outside of Wisconsin is better than what we have here though some small bits of progress have been made.

Next time I go on bookshare I will look things up for you. They are always adding things. I said goodbye to learning Ally years ago because it is so expensive. Book share is free if you are a college student, or Hadley student. This has been mentioned before and that is how I am able to afford it on the income. 

Ericka Short
from my iPhone 6+

> On Jun 5, 2017, at 12:02 AM, Ashley Bramlett via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I entered college between digital stages; meaning, I entered as the digital stuf was coming aboard but certainly not widespread as a teaching tool.
> I saw the transition to digital before me. I entered college using 4 track tapes and exited college using textbooks on cds.  Back then, textbooks could be ordered on daisy CDs from RFB in addition to downloading them.
> You had options back then.
> 
> To download most books such as talking books via BARD, you unzip the files; at least you do on a pc. This means you unpack the files that are compressed or zipped up.
> They do this for faster downloading.
> 
> Glad the bookshare app is good; I've heard bad stuff about the learning ally app.
> 
> To get back to faith things, what faith sources have you found via bookshare that you liked?
> I've thought about joining.
> 
> I'd like to read up on church history more.
> And hope Blind inc turns out to be what you want it to be.
> 
> Ashley
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Ericka via Faith-Talk
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2017 12:32 AM
> To: Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and religion
> Cc: Ericka
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Accessible faith resources for all ages
> 
> Hi there Ashley! I followed through on the assessment VR asked me to do so hopefully my VR counselor and his boss follow through on their promises. I was told that this assessment was the only "formality" and that it was just for baseline to write up the plan and I could go up to Minnesota to Blind Inc. there I will learn the computer skills finally! The book share app is pretty easy to use – called read to go. I do indeed remember the four track tapes yeah you mentioned. I used them in college. Back then I had to CCTV too. But no more, and no more screen Magnification either so whatever Computer skills I had as a mouse user don't work for me. Asked for that concept of zipping and unzipping files, I don't get it. I think of a winter coat instead. LOL
> 
> I've been very negligent or had problems calling in the past but this would be an interesting call. I guess the Canadian braille superstore has a lot of things if you can afford it. Somebody told me that recently.
> 
> Ericka Short
> 6+
> 
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