[nabs-l] quick question about blackboard

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Ryan Silveira via nabs-l
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 4:48 PM
To: Leye-Shprintse Öberg via nabs-l
Cc: Ryan Silveira
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] quick question about blackboard

Hello,

Thank you for your e-mail.  I am currently on vacation and will return on 
the 7th of September, 2015.  I will periodically check my e-mail, but please 
do not expect an immediate response.  Thank you very much.


Ryan L. Silveira
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On Aug 18, 2015, at 1:13 AM, Leye-Shprintse Öberg via nabs-l 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> BS'D
>
> Valerie
>
> If you use Safari, you can try to open PDF-files in iBooks. Good luck!
>
> LeSholom,
> Mlle Leye-Shprintse Öberg
> Stockholm, Suède
> leyeshprintse at ymail.com
> http://www.leyeshprintse.com
> Envoyé de mon iPad
>
> Le 18 août 2015 à 02:03, Valerie Gibson via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> a 
> écrit :
>
> Hi again,
>
> Sorry for the double post.
>
> I tried pplaying with blackboard in safari on my iPad and I got it to 
> open, but for some reason, I cannot click the file and have the options to 
> "open or "open in" in the BB app itself, so maybe someone's got a trick.
>
>
> On Aug 17, 2015, at 4:29 PM, Bryan Duarte <bjduarte at asu.edu> wrote:
>
> Valerie,
>
> No not at all. Everything I am telling you is intended to be carried out 
> on your iPad. Google Drive, KNFB reader, and the Blackboard application 
> called mobile learn I think, are all applications you can download to your 
> iPad. Here is roughly the steps you will take on your iPad to open, store, 
> and read your .pdf files.
> 1. Make sure you have Google drive or something similar on your iPad and 
> associated with your account.
> 2. Use the blackboard application called mobile learn to locate your .pdf 
> files you need to read.
> 3. when you find the file you need to access you should have the ability 
> to tap on the attached linked item in this case the .pdf file, and a menu 
> should come up asking you what you want to do with the file.
> 4. When this menu comes up you will want to tell it to either save it to 
> your Google Drive or equivalent application on your iPad. You can also 
> select the "Open with" option right from the linked item if you have the 
> KNFB reader application and it will not only open it but it will convert 
> the text into an accessible format and begin reading it to you using its 
> high quality voice.
> from here you should have direct access to your files from any where you 
> need. You can access them from your iPad, Mac Mini, or even school 
> computers.
>
> One additional suggestion I have would be to simply download the files 
> found in your Blackboard and save them in your Google Drive folder all at 
> once so you can just access them when you need them rather than having to 
> go through this process every time.
>
> Go Devils!
>
> Bryan Duarte
> ASU Software Engineering
> QwikEyes CEO
>
> On Aug 17, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Valerie Gibson via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org 
> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>
> I have the app. I just wanted a way to get the PDF just using my iPad so 
> I'm not leashed to my mac mini just to get PDF's.
>
> SO, you recommend downloading them with my computer, storing them in a 
> file storage app, and reading them with a file reading app?
>
> PS: They should really make it so you can get files from BB app. :(
> On Aug 17, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Bryan Duarte <bjduarte at asu.edu 
> <mailto:bjduarte at asu.edu>> wrote:
>
> Valerie,
>
> I am not sure that you will have access to the .pdf straight from 
> blackboard using voiceover. I recommended the file share applications 
> because they would allow you to use their built in facilities to read the 
> documents. Again I would highly suggest you talk to your state counselor 
> if you have one about purchasing the KNFB app for you. The KNFB reader app 
> runs on both iDevices and Android devices and can read just about whatever 
> document type you need including .pdf files. The application is 99 dollars 
> but it is well worth the money if you can find a way to get it. Hope this 
> helps.
>
> Go Devils!
>
> Bryan Duarte
> ASU Software Engineering
> QwikEyes CEO
>
> On Aug 17, 2015, at 10:29 AM, Valerie Gibson via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org 
> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org 
> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>>> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I do have such apps.
>
> How do I download or read the PDF with the blackboard app and voiceover? 
> That's what I cannot seem to figure out.  I can get to the PDF, but I do 
> not know what to do from there to read it.
>
> Thanks for your help thus far. :)
>
> On Aug 17, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Bryan Duarte <bjduarte at asu.edu 
> <mailto:bjduarte at asu.edu> <mailto:bjduarte at asu.edu 
> <mailto:bjduarte at asu.edu>>> wrote:
>
> Hello  Valerie,
>
> I would recommend that you have the Google Drive app, Drop Box app, or 
> some other file share app on your iPad, and also download the Blackboard 
> app if you have not done so already. You can download .pdf files and other 
> files but it will require that you save them in some application such as 
> one of the before mentioned applications or the Pages app. To read these 
> files I would say the Kurzweil app is your best option if you could get it 
> or have it, but Google Drive has a built in reader as do other similar 
> file management apps I assume. I hope this helps and if you have further 
> questions please reach out.
>
> Go Devils!
>
> Bryan Duarte
> ASU Software Engineering
> QwikEyes CEO
>
> On Aug 17, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Valerie via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org 
> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org 
> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org 
> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org 
> <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>>>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I hope everyone is kicking off the semester with a great start.
>
> I need to replace my Laptop, so for this semester, I am using my Ipad as a 
> note takerr.
>
> So my question is, Is it possible to download PDFs on the blackboad app or 
> VIA Safari?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
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