When I was in high school and took a year of French, I had tapes and a book that went right along with those tapes. I could listen to the pronunciation and read how it was spelled at the same time. I’m finding the Braille and audio German courses to be a bit of a… Continue reading A Note on the Audio and Braille German Courses

Well, this is a short post. Last night I saw that the Braille material was finally available on BARD for the two German courses, so I’ve downloaded it at long last. It does remain to be seen if I can learn anything significant from this method.

I really thought I’d done it, paired my Braille display with my iPhone as it was using iOS 15. Back in those days, I was able to turn on the display, and anytime the iPhone came up with some kind of activity, the display would instantly react. Now, when I pair them together, the next… Continue reading Braille Display Woes Continue

The last firmware update I had on my Orbit Reader 20 Braille display was b0.00.00.69r18. Having seen version b0.00.00.69r22 on Orbit Research’s site, I decided to update. After the update I immediately noticed the display, when powered on, showed, not the file I had open last, but one I’d never opened, a file called Welcome… Continue reading Update Failure, Orbit Reader 20

Yesterday, I finally downloaded both Behind the Wheel German 1 and 2. The audio books are now available on BARD, but not the supplementary Braille material. I’m, of course, keeping a vigilant eye out for these to become available.

I’ve really tried to be patient. Before Christmas I was told by my librarian that the German courses would be up in a few weeks. Yesterday I finally bit the bullet and wrote her again. This morning I got an answer from her saying they’re still in process. Now I’m wondering what can take so… Continue reading Still in Process

I’ve been using Twitter for many years. I actually thought I could ride out the recent changes its owner has decided to bring about. Last night, with the cutoff date looming, I deleted two third-party apps I was using and opened the Windows Twitter app. I was getting some help with an issue, then suddenly… Continue reading Twitter Shmitter, and Mastodon

After having heard about Mist World from Elten and other places, I got sent a link to the portable version by a friend. I joined up and found I was having a bit of fun, at least till I got to level six, where I’m now stymied and can’t get past the rats in the… Continue reading Mist World, a Short Story

The other night when I noticed there was an update to Fruitpot, there was a message saying if I liked Fruitpot to be sure and check out Fruitpot 2. So I did and I’m enjoying this one as well, though, at the moment, I’m rather at a standstill. I’m trying to get enough money, not… Continue reading A New Fruitpot

Loyal followers of this blog will know that I started this blog with an Orbit Reader 20 problem. Well, here I am with another one. When iOS 16 arrived on my iPhone,I didn’t know right off that Bluetooth wouldn’t work with my display any more, but when I did eventually try to pair it I… Continue reading Orbit Reader 20 Problem