Thanks for mentioning biblia, Mike. I know I used to use library.logos.com, and apparently they took that offline. I will give biblia a try!
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:35 AM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > The newest version is logos 6, it's not accessible on the mac, and > somewhat useable on IOS. The best Bible commentary in my opinion is the > People's bible commentary which is available from the Logos site. Rather > than read it using a program, I prefer to go to biblia.com, click about > biblia and choose to switch to the mobile view of the site. This is very > accessible and will allow you to read books one section at a time. > > On Mar 28, 2016, at 2:42 PM, Merv Keck <blind5spar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Now that is an excellent point and one I had not previously considered. > I have Optasia and a Focus 14 Blue. Optasia has several versions especially > formatted to be read in braille including Greek and Hebrew. I have a 128 GB > 6S+ which includes several browsers as well as Microsoft word. Probably the > only thing holding me back is my beginning Braille skills. I'm still > learning. I'm in fact waiting for Hadley to bring their revised contracted > Braille courses back online to continue my studies. However I had never > considered Optasia on the iPhone before. Thanks for the idea. > > Merv > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of r...@q.com > > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 10:59 AM > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Subject: RE: Accessible Bible Commentary? > > > > I use Logos 3 on my computer. While not everything is useable, I can do > searches and read books. I bought Logos 4 but it was unusable so I haven't > attempted an upgrade from there. > > > > More on topic for this list, I tried the IOS Logos 4 two or three years > ago and couldn't use it. Based on Keith's experience I am going to try > again. > > > > One resource I use a lot are the books available from Optasia > Ministries. They are in RTF and HTML formats so I don't know how they > could be used on an IOS device but imagine someone else does. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Merv Keck > > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 1:14 PM > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Subject: RE: Accessible Bible Commentary? > > > > I had Logos 4 Platinum Edition plus a lot of other books and addins when > I had vision. However, once I lost the ability to effectively see the > screen I could no longer use Logos on my PC. Once Libronix sold out to > faithLife they lost interest in accessibility and even reassigned their > accessibility programmer to a different project so I not only never > upgraded to five or six Platinum or beyond, but I uninstalled it before > moving to Windows 10. I literally had about three thousand resources I > could no longer access. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Keith Bundy > > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 1:30 PM > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: Accessible Bible Commentary? > > > > Hi, Ralph. I am running IOS 9.3 on an iphone 6. I downloaded Logos from > the app store and don't remember a version number. But it updates regularly > and, though it takes a bit of working around some things, it is pretty much > usable. I have purchased some books through it and now including free > resources, have about 116 books in my Logos library. > > > > I have never found the version on the computer to be very user-friendly > with a screen reader. However, if you ever want to know my work-arounds to > make it usable on the iphone, please feel free to email me offbbist and I > will be glad to help you. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Mar 26, 2016, at 10:34 AM, <r...@q.com> <r...@q.com> wrote: > >> > >> Keith, > >> > >> What operating system and version of Logos are you running? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Ralph > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Keith B. > >> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 4:43 PM > >> To: VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> > >> Subject: Accessible Bible Commentary? > >> > >> Hi, Dani. As a pastor I have three sources of accessible commentaries. > First, the website www.biblegateway.com has some accessible materials. > Also, there are accessible commentaries available on www.bookshare.org, > if you are a member. Finally, I have a program called Logos on my iphone, > and, though the program is not completely accessible, it is usable. I am > also wondering about a Bible study email group as well. 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