Thursday, January 17, 2019

Too much fun of the Read the Manual / Help Files Kind


RantWoman is leading an exciting and drama-filled life today.

 

  1. RantWoman wanted to store some Kindle books on her new Christmas present hand-me-down iPad. Trying to read visually is usually a bad idea; RantWoman figures if she is going to be tempted to do it anyway, at least put the book on a bigger device. RantWoman lost track of how many tries it took before she got logged into her Amazon account. RantWoman succeeded just fine in making a purchase. But somehow the download just hung. Plan B is put the book on RantWoman’s phone and also on her low-end Kindle Fire.
     
  2. RantWoman means to download some books from BARD / the National Library Service. RantWoman actually does not care about reading on any device with a screen. The books will get downloaded to a flash drive for use with the extremely cute highly tactile digital talking book reader. HIGH excitement.
     
  3. RantWoman has sent a couple whines out into the interwebs. RantWoman has been having fun with the New York Times crossword puzzle app. RantWoman had been having sufficient fun in spite of some navigation / accessibility whines until the free trial ran out. RantWoman has been barely making do with the daily mini puzzle and growling that she will not pay for a subscription for something that is not fully accessible. Silly RantWoman needed to look in Settings > Puzzle preferences to adjust the navigation herself. RantWoman unchecked the  Skip Filled Squares box. Then Talkback read both the box numbers and the letters. Stay tuned for testing when tomorrow’s fresh mini puzzle hits the interwebs.
     
  4. Google docs accessible? What does RantWoman have to remind herself of in which browser for best results?
     
  5. And speaking of software evaluation for no-budget nonprofits, faith communities, and other parts of the very unevenly technologized universe, RantWoman suddenly finds herself wanting to suggest mailing lists lots of directions and to make archives of multiple strands of minutes. Too much fun for today but stay tuned.

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