J.J. is back from New York City and he brought an interview with him to boot. Joe takes us on a short trip with the Blind Knight as his companion. Plus the regular stuff like a tip, "Sound Off" and some strangeness that always comes along in "The Last Word".
In The News:
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Bard Mobile for iOS finally sees that update mentioned back during the summer conventions.
Kevin, a pretty reliable commenter you may have seen in "sound Off", offered this shortly after the new Bard app went live.

"Gentlemen:
After more than two years of waiting we finally received an update to the
BARD app on IOS. Was it worth the wait? Are you kidding? The only
improvement appears to be the addition of a sleep timer which should have
been there from the beginning.
In the bookshelf tab it still, annoyingly, shows the categories which are
empty. In my case that is braille magazines and braille books. Why show them
if they are empty? You add titles from a different place.
There is still no good way to switch from one title to another. You must
first hit the bookshelf tab, then go into the particular shelf you want
(which may involve backing out of the one you are already in) then scrolling
down through your titles to find what you want. The very least they could
have done was have a tab for some number of most recently read titles.
In the original version there was a setting to turn off the key clicks.
This setting did not work. They resolved this problem in the new version by
removing the setting. Good thinking.
Magazines still do not default to the "article" reading level. Speaking of
which, the level adjustment should be a swipe control much as the speed
control is now.
And as if not fixing issues wasn't bad enough they saw fit to introduce a
new problem. When scrolling through the list of titles on the site the
button for more info now says "double tap for more info". This is beyond
stupid. Double tap is in the form of a hint and thus should never be what it
says on its own. On top of that it doesn't mention for what you are getting
more info. Standard good practice is not to leave a button without such
context information.
Likely, the specifications drawn up by NLS were not done by anybody who
knew what he was doing.
It would appear beta testers were not used, were ignored or were using
Blackberries.
Sincerely,
Kevin Barry"

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Interview: Lynnette Tatum and ML Word Tips
J.J. caught up with Lynnette Tatum in New York who tells us about a forthcoming app call ML Word Tips, from her company MaLynWorks. If you're a Microsoft Word user and rely on the keyboard for editing, this educational how-to app may be worth a look.
Demonstration: A Blind Legend
Do you have what it takes to help the Blind Knight reunite his family? Download "A Blind Legend" for iOS and put your steel to the test. Along the way your daughter will guide you through a series of challenges. You will travel through many lands and battle vicious foes on your quest. The game works on the freemium model. So, if you are patient, you can play the game for free. however, if you are clumsy or want to get right back into the action, you can purchase additional lives in order to finish the tale. There are little to no graphics with all the action taking place between your ear buds. Touch, swipe and pinch your device to a