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d m gina dmgina at samobile.net
Sat Jan 11 20:01:32 UTC 2014 

I use a different program than jaws, where jaws works with face book.

Original message:
> It does help Dar.  Do you do face book, email and surf the web with this set
> up using Jaws?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 6:59 PM
> To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)

> Hi there,
> We got our key board and such from best buy.
> when you open the cover if you will, your I pad fits rite inside this.
> I asked for a protective screen so I wouldn't scratch the glass when I was
> looking for the areas I need to work with.
> When you are done you fold up the whole thing. place it back in your purse
> or back pack.
> Your hands are free.
> Hope this helps.

> Original message:
>> Hi Dar.  So I wonder if I could do face book, email and surf the web
>> with it.  Do you do all of these things with it?  Also, I am really
>> sick of the touch screen on my iphone, how difficult is it using the
>> wireless keyboardwhich you are calling "portfolio?  I may be incorrect
>> about this, it may not be a wireless keyboard you are referring to.  I
>> have a wireless keyboard I have to carry around with my laptop because
>> I have so much trouble with the keyboard atatched to my laptop.  I'm
>> not sure why I have so much trouble with it.  It may be that I just
>> have fingers that are too long but I have so much trouble hitting the
>> right keys on the stupid thing.  It seems like the keys aren't so defined
> on it.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
>> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 4:57 PM
>> To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)

>> 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

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> 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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