[Nfbmt] (no subject)
Dar
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Sun Jan 12 02:37:06 UTC 2014
Apple products have their own speech nothing to do with jaws or anything like that.
Dar
Every Saint has a past,
Every sinner has a future, Sent from my iPad
> On Jan 11, 2014, at 4:50 PM, "Rebecca Stewart" <becca33 at bresnan.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Dar. I know you're on face book though because I'm friended with you so
> you have a different device you do face book with that has Jaws on it? I'm
> trying to find a device that I can do all these things on one device that
> isn't so heavy as my laptop.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 1:02 PM
> To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)
>
> 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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