Okay, I think I will purchase it.  If there is a document on Dropbox
and my student wants to edit it would he download it onto his IPad,
edit it and then sync with Dropbox?  We are using Dropbox as a way for
the student to get work and turn in assignments.  He loves his IPad
and voiceover.

On 8/29/12, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
> OK, I spent more time with NoteMaster today.
> It creates, edits and reads docx files just fine.
>
> If you have a keyboard or a braille display, it is easier.
>
> If you want to just use the touch screen for navigating, you need to either
> read to end, or use the rotor in line mode and flick up and down to move
> line by line.
>
> Flicking left to right seems to skip the text, or treat it as one large
> chunk, even if you have double hard returns for paragraphs.
>
> One of the pluses, which I have not mentioned or used, is the ability to
> password a given category.  (He uses the term category the same way I think
> of folders.)
>
> I cannot get it to sync automatically with Drop Box.  However, the sync
> does
> not take long.
>
> I had a book in docx format that seemed to cause errors in syncing, so I am
> going to write the developer to see what the file size limit is, because
> this was a cookbook that is 198 pages in Word.
>
> Some of the button labeling could be better, but it is easy enough to
> figure
> them out.
>
> Also, with Drop Box, it puts the NoteMaster folder under a folder called
> Apps, which is a system recommended by Drop Box.  Meteor Notes does the
> same
> thing.
>
> Feel free to ask more questions and I'll try to answer them.
>
> Later,
> Richard
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Marianne Denning
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:33 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: editing text
>
> This sounds very good.  Please keep me up to date.
>
> On 8/28/12, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Take a look at the latest version of NoteMaster.  There is a lite
>> version to try out, but the paid version is worth while I think.
>> He just updated it to sync with DropBox, and the extremely good news
>> is that when it syncs to dropbox, it uses .docx.  That is the Word
>> 2007/2010 version of Word documents.
>> The update just came out today, and I have only had a little while to
>> test, but this is looking very good.
>> I think we may have a good alternative for editing Word documents.
>> I hope to have time at work today to do more with it.
>> I don't seem to be getting the automatic syncing to work both directions.
>> But, it does not take long to sync.
>> The paid version is $4.99, I think.
>>
>> Later,
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>> Behalf Of Marianne Denning
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 5:45 AM
>> To: viphone
>> Subject: editing text
>>
>> I hope someone can answer this question.  I have a student who is
>> using his IPad in class.  He has an aid who prepares materials for him
>> and he interacts with these documents through dropbox.  Should the
>> documents be saved as a text document or will rich text work?  We
>> currently use droptext on the IPad.  Is there a better app that will work
> well with voiceover?
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