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Be Patient, Be Eager!
 
I think this app will eventually become the offline library we have been waiting for, with note taking capabilities, and be amazingly small in size.

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I hope so, because as a neurodivergent person, I feel totally left out

Thank you for the clarification and all the work you all do to keep it safe and in line with direction , it is very appreciated and feels a very safe place.

so I have this fascination with websites for boredom breaking, heres a favourite of mine... 
 
Type in any word or phrase and it will play clips from movies matching that... I tried 'Jehovah's witnesses' and it was pretty funny
 
https://www.playphrase.me/
 
feel free to share any boredom breaker/ random websites you have/know of 

The best thing you can do is talk to your CO about what type of assistance you’d need. Explain it! Show him how you learn, and what issues you’ve got with the applications we use today.

We work under Jehovah God’s theocratic system. We realise that the Governing Body has been assigned certain authority under the ruler ship of Jesus Christ, and they do not wish to outsource this responsibility. And also, please remember, that efficiency was never a part of the fruit age of the spirit. (Ga 5:22, 23) The brothers are more than willing to work with and produce material for people with disabilities. We have arrangements for the blind, deaf, people with low reading skills. And more will come, no doubt.

But it does do things that JW Library does not do

Equipd Bible is not gone. Please refer back to the link I already posted
I wasn’t. Please don’t misrepresent me.

in some countries, Zoom is blocked and they use other things, like MS Teams for example

There’s also Linux. Don’t forget about it! (it’s free as in beer and also free as in FLOSS)

1. reduce the costs of producing apps by embracing open innovation -- save on dedicated funds
 
- WHQ was supposed to house 500 witnesses and a large portion of this was in the IT dept -- by the time it was built that number had doubled to approx 1000! (the latter number was given to us by our tour guide a couple years ago)
 
2. produce more apps including ones that serve the needs of specific groups of witnesses, such as those with disabilities
 
- the fact that legitimate apps continue to be produced by non-bethelites / non-A19 workers makes it obvious that our current tools, including JW Library, don't meet the needs for everyone. For example there could be apps for people with dyslexia or who have minority learning styles.

and I just lost it all for a third time...
 
honestly why doesn't this forum auto-save your work every few seconds 😭
@jwhess after rewriting my essay like 3 times and losing it each time, perhaps it would be better if you told be why you think our apps don't have serious design flaws including lack of basic things like OpenDyslexic fonts? especially after 8 years
 
I may just have to do this the instant messaging way I think... hit submit after every paragraph

please note that I wrote a short essay and the forums didn't save any of it before I accidentally ctrl-w and all my words were lost... and i also haven't eaten and have soup in the microwave waiting for me...
 
 
I'll have to brb. I'll just paste the links I need for my message before I lose anything else

https://jwtalk.net/topic/48538-equipd-i-silo/?do=findComment&comment=809467

https://opendyslexic.org/
 

Actually, it seemed for many years that we were purposely refusing to digitize certain publications (perhaps to help keep 'control' of it against apostates) but that did not work (scanners are cheap to come by) and eventually we threw caution to wind and have gone so far as to release on the public part of our website publications such as the Organized book.

@jwhess If you think JW Library is a proprietary in-house creation then you'd be very surprised to open the "acknowledgements" section of JW Library settings where you'll see fifteen sources of code, probably most of which is open source!
 
actually no, you could open source the software without actually giving up control (neither technologically nor legally) of the content. You might be conflating DRM with closed source code. I'm not even sure that jwpub files contain any DRM.
 
as was mentioned numerous times in this thread, even with large attempts to control the distribution and reuse of our copyrighted material, our organization has not been able to stop opposers from impersonating us anyways (including copying and reusing our logos illegally, editing articles and sharing them, etc).

It certainly is permissible to have the FSG overseer do it or help collect the reports.  In the days when we went to the Kingdom Hall regularly, the box for dropping off the filled in time slips was at the Kingdom Hall.  We all took our slips to the hall.  As FSG overseers, we regularly reminded publishers at the meeting (before and after) to turn in their field service report slips.  I used to carry a couple of them in my hand before the meeting and  asked the publishers if they had remembered.
 
It was rare that a publisher would fill out a report, hold it until our Saturday morning field service meeting and then see me the following morning on Sunday and  watch for me to drop his slip in the box for him. Now, once the initial collection was done, we knew who had not reported.  then the FSG overseers who had these missing publishers in their group would go and try to get the report. Often this was a phone call.  The forgetful publisher wanted to send the missing report in right away.  Sometimes they would just tell me on the phone. But often, they would call the secretary, text the secretary, email the secretary and so on.  So to make that late report backup plan work easier on the secretary, we had this email sett up so anyone could send in the missing reports.
 
We had that set up long before there was a Pandemic.  It was only used by a small number of the congregation.  then it became more popular as the years went by and some became more tech savvy.  When the Pandemic forced everyone to send reports electronically, the system was already set up and working. So we all used it instead of just half of us.  The FSG overseers still get notices electronically about who has forgotten to report and we still track them down electronically (usually by phone or text).  The complete report is returned to the FSG overseers each month for review.
 
A side point is our rural location.  When we used to meet in person, I had members of my FSG who lived  25-30 miles and 2 counties away from our group meeting place.  He was at the Kingdom Hall two or three times  as often as he was at my home on Saturday. So a reminder at the Hall was easier.
 
 

Why does one secretary do all the collecting? It seems like a very heavy load. Every hall I've ever been, we have to report to our FSG overseer, and then they turn it in for their group. It just seems so much more practical. Isn't that the purpose of the FSG conductor? To divide the load. Besides, he has to check on his group anyway, so once a month when service is due, is killing two birds with one stone. 

I deliberately refrain from stating my decisions on the vaccine because, like the GB said, ITS PERSONAL and no one's business.
And yes, I still maintain that nobody really knows what's best. It may be years before we truly understand it. But to keep oneself healthy we must avoid close contact as much as possible, protect and keep building our immune system and keep up on the use of sanitizers. 
Keep well friends.

an adjustment to "A letter from the Governing Body"  (para. 3) has been intensified!  
 
...   "has ALWAYS been on the move"  is now
 
...   "has been MOVING AT AN EXTREMELY BRISK PACE"  
 
... http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/gods-kingdom/governing-body-letter/     ....  ain't that the truth!

itsa ok, old man,  you no looka so good an I no charge

I Zoom-visited a meeting in Trinidad a couple of weeks ago. I was surprised to see that their meeting was being recorded live onto a YouTube channel sponsored by their COBE.  I actually clicked the notification and went right to the video being posted in real time.  Afterward, I could even go through and find where I commented! 
 
Quite unique, I must say. 
 
 
 
 
 

Love it! -  May I use that?