An update on the Dolphin EasyReader app not connecting to RNIB Reading Services. There may be a quicker way to do this, but I contacted Reading Services and arranged a password reset on my library password. I changed the password, then logged in to make sure it worked.
Next, I uninstalled EasyReader, reinstalled, signed into my Dolphin account, then tried to connect to RNIB Reading services. After entering my new password, it connected no problem at all and I’ve been able to download some Talking Books as usual.
If you’re having problems with EasyReader, I’d suggest this method of fixing the issue.
#Accessibility #TalkingBooks

Is anyone else having problems with Dolphin EasyReader? When I try to connect to RNIB Reading Services, I get an error message saying it has used an incorrect username or password, with no option other than OK. According to RNIB, there was a problem but it has been fixed, and all I should do is log out, log in, restart phone, reinstall EasyReader and possibly turn in circles while waving one hand in the air. Over the past 24 hours, I’ve reinstalled the app 3 times and it still won’t connect. It’s getting beyond frustrating now.
#Accessibility #RNIB #TalkingBooks

Apple does not let you download the BARD app for talking books from the Library of Congress unless you have a credit card set up or are in good standing. This disenfranchises hundreds of #Veterans, #Disabled and #Blind individuals. It must be fixed immediately! #loc #tbs #talkingbooks

🌟 I went #Blind almost forty years ago. Within a year, I could read grade-2 braille at twenty words a minute. 📚 The only thing I had to read was an Agatha Christie novel – it took up three volumes, delivered in a ‘stinking old sack’ 🛍️ from what I remember.
🎧 I got talking books and never again read any sort of braille at twenty words a minute. Now, I can read the grade one on bleach bottles and tablet boxes… not much else. 🧴💊
#BrailleJourney #TalkingBooks #BlindCommunity #LifeExperience #DisabilityPride #ReadingJourney

Just updated my development blog post on the wonderful and bewildering world of EPUB3 with integrated audio: https://learnoutlive.com/cafe-in-berlin-mp3-epub3/ #epub #talkingbooks #languagelearning