[Nfbmt] (no subject)

[d m gina]

It is a mini I pad.
I just call her that sense it has a ladies voice.
Just fittin for the whole thing.
We also got a key board to run her.
they call it a portfolio.
Something like that.

Original message:
> Hi Dar.  Today as I was packing up my heavy laptop, wireless keyboard and
> headphones for my laptop, it occurred to me that you use something you refer
> to as "Ms.  Mini"  What is Ms.  Mini?
> Becca

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> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 3:24 PM
> To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)

> Yes you can get an IPhone case where the key board slides out.
> On our phones now, the five S the clarity is loud and picks up well.
> I products are not for all, where for those who would like to have one,, the
> adventure begins.
> We also have the IPod where we can down load books.
> Do email texting anything except a phone call.
> Where they have a program that is called face time.
> This isn't an extra cost going threw WiFi.
> You also have where you don't have to be seen on camera, you can just visit
> as though you were on the phone.
> Now it does crack me up when you are speaking to a sighted person. they are
> saying things as Move the phone up no down a bit and on it goes.
> To think that I don't have to lug a computer around, I can take miss mini my
> I pad or work from either the phone or I Pod.
> You can put the same information into miss mini, and leave I Pod at home.
> Just depends on what you will also do with the machine.
> This also has a case with a key board that we bought separately.
> I love sharing, even if folks don't want to buy.
> I love knowing that I helped with outreach.
> this is what the nfb is all about.

> Original message:
>> hi to throw another oppinnion in to the mix, I'm not a fan of touch
>> screens. I like using a keyboard and I know you can get a keyboard for
>> ipads but don't know about iphones. Because I don't like touch
>> screens, I don't see an iphone in my future at least now.
>> On 1/10/2014 6:38 AM, Rebecca Stewart wrote:
>>> Hi Jim.  I am also an Iphone user.  I think you are probably
>>> directing your message to me although you address everyone in your
>>> greeting, it's not entirely clear to me.  I am an iphone user
>>> although I don't think I've gotten as much training on it as all of
>>> you.  Dar was just telling me yesterday of an ap that will give me
>>> tons of information about using the Iphone which I've never heard of.
>>> I have been impressed with the things I've been doing on my Iphone
>>> and now I'm learning from Dar that apparently there are many more
>>> things I can do with it.  I'll have to pursue learning about that ap some
> time in the future.
>>> Becca

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James
>>> Aldrich
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 8:38 PM
>>> To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)

>>> Hi all,

>>> I'd say we have compared notes and asked questions and discussed many
>>> things through the years since we've known each other for some time.
>>> This has helpped.  I too had some help with the PC from a friend but
>>> have pretty much gone on my own and learned what I know today.

>>> I'll briefly say Dan Burke, Dar and myself are the only ones who
>>> actively use the IPhone other than yourself.  We certainly would be
>>> happy to share what we know!

>>> Jim


>>> Original message:
>>>> When I was mentioning Microsoft Word, I was thinking of Sheila
>>>> because I don't remember if she has that on her computer or not.
>>>> Were you able to get the information I sent you about the fact sheets?
>>>> I can't speak for Bruce, but I can tell you that I went to a school
>>>> for the blind at a young age and got a good grounding in Braille
>>>> there.  Bruce grew up in the same town as the blind school in
>>>> California, and his parents refused to send him there.  As far as
>>>> cooking is concerned, I am pretty much self-taught.  My mom was
>>>> afraid to let me in the kitchen for fear I'd burn the place down.
>>>> Truth was she didn't have the patience to teach me what she knew.
>>>> It was just easier for her to do it herself.  She was a good cook,
>>>> too.  So I got out on my own and learned through trial and error.  I
>>>> didn't get training in cooking.  When I was old enough, the home ec
>>>> class at the high school didn't know how to incorporate me, and the
>>>> one at the blind school didn't exist because there weren't enough of
>>>> us.  I went to public school my last two years of high school and I
>>>> don't know if there would have been time for home ec then.  I would
>>>> have loved it, though.  It seems funny to me that my mom had the
>>>> attitude she did about me in the kitchen, because in every other way
>>>> I was treated as normally as possible and expected to do chores and
>>>> have responsibilities and be just a regular kid.  My parents even
>>>> moved to the same town where the blind school is, so that I could go
>>>> to school
>>> every day and come home and be with my family in my neighborhood at
>>> night like every other kid.

>>>> I had known typing since something like second or third grade
>>>> because we were taught it in school, so jumping to computers was
>>>> relatively easy, especially in the Dos days before Windows.  As new
>>>> things have come along, I have learned a few things by having a
>>>> computer expert familiar with screen readers come and show me a few
>>>> things to get me started, but now I learn more by reading tutorials and
> just trying things.
>>>> Have they said why they don't want you to come to CCB?  That doesn't
>>>> seem in character for them.  Maybe your application is just taking a
>>> while.

>>>> Maybe the reason Bruce and I do as well as we do is because we have to.
>>>> Necessity is the mother of invention.  Nobody is here to do things
>>>> for us, so we have had to figure out ways of doing them ourselves.
>>>> You learn how to do certain things after a lifetime of living a
>>>> certain way.  I suppose you could call it immersion training.  Joy
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca
>>>> Stewart
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:22 PM
>>>> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)
>>>> Hi Joy.  I have Word 2013 in my computer.  No.  I'm sure the problem
>>>> lies with the operator.  I'm not very good at using a computer.  I
>>>> had hoped to learn better computer skills and so much more at CCB
>>>> since they offer all of that but for some reason they appear to not
>>>> want me to come to CCB so I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm in
>>>> quite a pickle.  I don't know how to use a computer beyond a few
>>>> things my friend showed me, I can't read Braille and I'm not very
>>>> competent at cooking.  These are all things I had hoped to get at
>>>> CCB.  Did you get
>>> training at CCB or some other school for the blind?
>>>> Just tell me if it's none of my business.  I'm curious because you
>>>> and Bruce are both blind.  It must be difficult for you guys to
>>>> manage unless one or both of you received training.
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bruce&Joy
>>>> Breslauer
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:53 PM
>>>> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)
>>>> I'm wondering if, since these are in Microsoft Word and you don't
>>>> have that on your computer, (I don't think), that's why you can't access
> them.
>>>> Otherwise, I don't have any other bright ideas.  But we got it
>>>> solved anyway.  Joy

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