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Great! Thanks for the long-awaited update!
Like many other reviewers of the first version of this app, I was so appreciative that I had given it a 5 star rating even though there were some obvious flaws. I didn't think it would take two years, but this update seems to have fixed the problems that I was having and I like the addition of the sleep timer.
It would be nice if there was an easy way to sync between devices.
I hope it doesn't take two years for the next update, but I am very happy for now.
Thanks again, this service has come a long way since I started with the cassette player.Show lessJerryJags
Great but has a few problems
This app is great it works very well the only problems I've in countered is downloading a book. It takes forever and in some cases it downloads then downloads again. Then other times it doesn't download at all I have to exploit a sort of glitch to read the book at that point. The slow downloads could be my home wifi but when I get to another area with stronger wifi it sometimes still won't download. Despite these few flaws this app is great my by far favorite feature is the chapter navigation. That is so helpful when you lose your place or you need to go back for a project or something. So overall great app few flaws hope the bugs get ironed out in later updates.Show lessBigdtman
Thank you NLS Bard!
To most of the complaints mentioned here, I suggest reading the help file that comes with the Bard Mobile app. It is true the web site goes down for hours or sometimes days and then comes back up again. I had all but stopped using the NLS system until Bard Mobile came along. It is truly mobile. I can get books anytime, anywhere. I can read the same book as long as I wish. The books are high quality and free.
A glitch with Iphone 6 IOS 8 Stop playing built in clock timer function, it doesn't work with Bard Mobile when voice over is turned on. The "stop playing function works fine on the iphone 4 IOS 6 with voice over turned on. This glitch seems to only happen with bardmobile , but then I don't use "stop playing" with any other apps on a regular basis.Show less,happy ,mom
The Bard App
I love the fact I can download MLS materials (books and magazines in my case) to my phone. However, certain features don't work with iOS 8 and voiceover. Specifically, if one chooses the option to browse the bard website, it is impossible to do a keyword search because the edit box doesn't work even after one double taps on the keyword search edit box. Furthermore, I couldn't do a search for a book by title since the combo box to select a title wouldn't come up even after I double tapped on the picker. Please fix these iOS 8/voiceover glitches number one. In addition, please add the ability to type in the name of and author and the title of a book when searching for a book number two.Show lessninelyves22
Quit working :-(
LOVED this app, but last week the Browse BARD feature just quit working. So, I can no longer select and download the specific books I want.
The "Get Books" feature still works, and titles selected from that auto generated list download just fine. BUT, that means I can only retrieve books on that list, meaning I cannot search for anything.
After the very important Browse BARD feature quit working, I tried restarting my iPhone, even uninstalled and reinstalled the BARD app, but to no avail. All I get when I try to access the Browse BARD feature is a black screen and the Wheel of Death :-(.
Please fix my BARD app so I can select and download my preferred books again!Show lessWookielover1
Good BUT The Sharing feature on IOS
I am happy with everything but the loading of the files using the iTunes file sharing. Simply it does not work. It loads the file but does not decrypt the file so you get the warning of not a authorized player. Use the down loading feature and it works great. If you wireless internet connection is some place link McD it is a problem. Even though the example is extreme it is easier to load the files using a fast computer and connect. For OS X that is the iTunes File Shareing and it does not work.Show lessThomasb95
Love the functionality but I'm confused!
I just recently learned about the BARD Mobile app and downloaded it. As many others have said, I think it is a great first release. My confusion has to do with the fact that when I looked up some books last week, there were 250 under Audio Books. Today, there are only 49.
Also, I would love to know how the one reviewer imported the zip files using iTunes. I tried it and it did not give me any errors but I was also unable to find the book I attempted to import. If someone can give me details on how to do that, I will go reading crazy with my iPod Touch.Show lessmusicdog610
So wonderful and welcome
I'm dyslexic and in the past I've used both talking books from the national Library service and those available from learning Ally. But, after the learning Ally iPhone app was launched, I found it so much easier then the NLS equivalent system that it became my go to for my reading needs. However, with the introduction of this application and it's exceptional user interface, I am once again using Bard and NLS. I find the user interface very easy to use and even better then the learning ally app. Highly recommended!Show lessDrkelky
Love it!
Having this app available is fantastic! Having such convenient access to books has literally changed the life of this blind user. The only things that I have found that could be improved are the ability to download books in the background without the need for the BARD app being on top and active, and sync of the downloaded library across devices. Those things are minor though, and I assume the development team is working on them for a future release. Overall, this is a very well executed and wonderfully functional initial release.
One minor bug that I have encountered is that the speed of the voice that announces player functions is greatly reduced (maybe as slow as one tenth the rate it should be) when playing the audio out through AirPlay. AirPlay still works fine for the actual book content, though.
This app has changed the world for the blind. Absolutely fantastic. Thank you!Show lessWonko The Sane 1
Disappointing...
Thank god they finally released SOME kind of app so I don't have to carry the large and clunky government issue player with me on the subway when I'm commuting, but overall, the app lacks the basic features of other audio-book/music players.
I'm using the new BARD application on an iPhone 5, and have encountered the following problems:
Playback won't continue when I turn the screen off of switch to another app.
All other music/audio book apps I've used have this feature, and without it the screen must remain on which wastes battery life and causes on-screen buttons to be pushed accidentally while the phone is in my pocket.
Playback stops when the screen shuts off to save power.
When I'm using earbuds, the STOP/START button on the earphones takes me out of the BARD app, and plays the next song in cue on iTunes.
Book and magazine download doesn't run smoothly. It seems to stop when the app is not in use.
Plenty of room for improvement...Show lessG. Sewell
