[nabs-l] Question about Bookshare on the Apex plus another general websites question

[Ashley Bramlett]

Sami,

I think these problems are because the apex has an old web browser. My 
advice is to use the mobile version of the websites you need if one exists 
or simply use a computer. As a college student, I hope you have ready access 
to a computer whether it be a desktop, laptop, windows tablet or a mac.
If your school does not have an accessible computer in the library and 
computer lab, I would fight for that if I were you. Everyone else can use 
computers in those places and since you paid the same tuition as them, you 
should have access to technology.

I also suggest you voice these questions to humanware tech support. Perhaps, 
there is an update to your apex they can do or some other setting you can 
tweak on the machine.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Sami Osborne via NABS-L
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 12:27 AM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org ; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Sami Osborne
Subject: [nabs-l] Question about Bookshare on the Apex plus another general 
websites question

Hi all,

I  received an email from Bookshare informing me that my account
will terminate in thirty days and therefore I should renew my
membership beforehand.  I therefore tried to do that today, using
my Apex, but I ran into a few problems right away.  When I first
logged on to the site, I was able to enter my email address and
password, but when I tried to submit my entry, all it displayed
was something like "Character edchfor" and then some numbers that
I don't remember (also least that's how it appeared on the
Braille display).  The next time I went onto the site, I enabled
the scripting setting on the Apex, because for some reason I
figured that maybe that might have been the problem.  The problem
with that was, it was taking a really long time for the Bookshare
website to load, which I noticed unfortunately tends to happen
frequently when that setting is turned on.  I really need to
renew my Bookshare membership, because, I not only use it for
leisurely reading, but I'm also taking an English class in
college where we're required to read different books every week.
So, here are my questions: First, do you know if the scripting
setting is required to be enabled for Bookshare? Second, has it
ever happened to you that when you attempt to enter your login
information, you only get that strange character that I mentioned
earlier?

I also had a general question about accessing the internet on the
Apex.  I've noticed for a while that some websites that I visit
frequently seem to be down, because I always get the dreaded
error message: "The page cannot be displayed", when I know for a
fact that they're not down because I can access them on other
devices as well as asking some people if they work for them.
Recently I tried doing a factory settings reset (space with dots
456), but that doesn't seem to solve the problem at all.  I also
even tried changing the web browser profile once before which
also didn't work.  What could I do to solve this issue?

I really hope you guys can answer my questions, especially
regarding the Bookshare issue.

Thanks and enjoy the start to your semesters,

Sami

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