[il-talk] Fwd: Bard Mobile is out

Sat Sep 21 16:16:57 UTC 2013

Hello all,
Someone asked about how to work the app for BARD. I thought I would just share these instructions. I have found the app very easy, and it is set up similar to the library player. I have not tried reading a Braille book with a Braille display yet.

Denise Avant
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> From: denise avant <denise.avant at gmail.com>
> Subject: Fwd: Bard Mobile is out
> Date: September 20, 2013 7:20:22 PM CDT
> To: denise avant <dravant at ameritech.net>
> 
> 
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>> From: Joseph FreeTech <joseph.freetech at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Bard Mobile is out
>> Date: September 19, 2013 11:18:52 PM CDT
>> To: <viphone at googlegroups.com>
>> Reply-To: viphone at googlegroups.com
>> 
>> Here are some Bard Mobile app commands taken from chapter 6 of in-app help 
>> file:
>> 
>> 2-finger double-tap anywhere on screen to pause then 2-finger double-tap 
>> anywhere on screen to play
>> 
>> If you slide your finger up from Home button about 1 inch you will find the 
>> Play button. At this point you can swipe once left for Rewind button or 
>> swipe right once for Forward button. Double-tap on each of these buttons to 
>> execute their respective actions (forwards and rewinds by 5 seconds).
>> 
>> Triple tap on forward or rewind button to move by 20 second increments.
>> 
>> If you double-tap on the "Bookshelf tab" you can swipe until you find the 
>> Bard Mobile User Guide. Double-tap to open. In section 6 "Now reading audio" 
>> there is information on how to control playback and such.
>> 
>> Though this is an amazingly well constructed app, I do wish there were some 
>> gesture controls for forward and rewind as well as gestures for controlling 
>> playback speed. <Smile>.
>> 
>> Joseph
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Joseph FreeTech" <Joseph.FreeTech at Gmail.com>
>> To: <viphone at googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 8:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: Bard Mobile is out
>> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I used my iPod and launched the apps store > search.
>> 
>> I searched for the following:
>> bard nls
>> 
>> I was presented with the following:
>> BARD Mobile
>> Library of congress
>> 
>> During installation you will be asked to confirm your agreement to a couple
>> of NLS terms of agreement type stuff.
>> 
>> You will be asked for your NLS email address and password.
>> 
>> I gotta say, from what I have experimented with so far, they did a kick A**
>> job with this app. I was really curious as to what they did with the tempo
>> of playback, and judging from the book I downloaded to my iPod, the speed of
>> playback goes up to 300% which should be enough for even the fastest readers
>> out there.
>> 
>> I do wish they would have used some sort of gesture to control playback.
>> Right now I'm having to swipe to find playback controls then double-tap, but
>> I've not experimented or read any help file to know if gesture control is
>> possible or not. <Smile>.
>> 
>> I think most of you are really, really gonna love this app as it seems very
>> intuitive.
>> 
>> Think hard about the first book you will be reading as this will be a
>> memorable experience so make sure it's a good one!
>> 
>> Joseph
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Corey Michael Cook" <corey.cook01 at gmail.com>
>> To: <viphone at googlegroups.com>
>> Cc: <viphone at googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 8:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: Bard Mobile is out
>> 
>> 
>> Same here I can't find it either news search for Bard did a search for in LS
>> the search for Barton mobile little search for Library of Congress
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 19, 2013, at 10:53 PM, John Diakogeorgiou <jdiakoge2584 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I can't find it. Did a search for BARD, Bard mobile, and Library of
>>> Congress.
>>> 
>>>> On 9/19/13, Joseph FreeTech <joseph.freetech at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> Just thought I'd let you know the Bard Mobile app is out. I found it on
>>>> my
>>>> iPod touch and will track down via browser.
>>>> 
>>>> BARD mobile
>>>> Library of congress
>>>> 
>>>> Joseph
>>>> 
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