Hi Mary, I was able to download an eBook from my public library with Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) DRM protection, and have VoiceOver read this in the OverDrive app (on iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad). When I re-visit the library account site, it seems possible to download the same ebook file onto my computer, as well, and you should be able to do the download in either order if your device(s) are authorized with your Adobe Digital Editions login and password. You should only need to authorize your device once, in your settings for the app, or in the Adobe Digital Editions Preview application on your computer. My library sets a limit of 3 downloads per eBook title. I think that is to either mobile devices or computer during the borrowing period.
The advantage of using the OverDrive app on an iOS device is that you'll have the ability to navigate by characters, words, or lines using the rotor setting. At present, in the ADE Preview on my Mac, I have to advance each page using the right arrow key, and I can only pause/resume reading with VoiceOver by pressing the Control key. You can read continuously within a page, search, navigate with the table of contents, and bookmark pages, but you can't navigate by character, words, or lines using the ADE Preview version 1.8 on your computer, as you have already noticed. However, I haven't found any general way to get an eBook with ADE DRM into the OverDrive app, except for the ones I download directly from my library. I read a very recent review that stated you could mail these ePubs as attachments, then open them in the OverDrive app on your iPad. That didn't work for me, since OverDrive was not one of the apps that was offered (although Bluefire Reader, which is not acce ssible with VoiceOver for these files, was one of the options), but I haven't run the latest iOS update. The reviewer claimed that mailed ePub attachments could be opened in OverDrive. I don't know whether you've used the OverDrive app to place downloadable audiobooks from your public library directly onto your iOS device, but the procedure for downloading eBooks with ADE DRM protection from your public library is similar. You don't need to have or use any software applications on your Mac computer to download to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad running the free OverDrive app. On the other hand, if you do want to One quick warning with the OverDrive app is that when most of these ebooks first load into the app, you'll be on a cover graphic, which VoiceOver won't read, just as the case for the ADE Preview application on your Mac. The page navigation controls stay up when you first launch a book, but seem set to automatically fade out after a period that may be too short for you to navigate/flick through all of them before this happens. If you want to bring them back up, just double tap in the center of the screen. The button controls at the top (of my iPad) then read out as: "Exit book", "Brightness Button", "Font Size Button", "ePub Info Flip Icon", and "Bookmark Button". At the bottom of the page is the slider for book position, and if you flick to read the bottom left and right corner, you'll hear the number of pages left in chapter and the total number of pages. You want to double tap the "ePub Info Flip Icon" button to bring up the table of contents to advance past the cover. Alternatively, you could toggle VoiceOver off and tap the right side of the screen to advance the page. If you are on the screen reached with "ePub Info Flip Icon" you'll find two buttons at the bottom. By default the first button in the bottom left corner, "Navigation", will be selected. The second button, which you can also reach by going to the last element of the screen (four finger tap on bottom half of screen) is the "Bookmarks" button. It's not in the bottom right corner, but is instead, just to the right of the "Navigation" button in the bottom left corner. Double tap the "Resume" button in the top right corner to get back to your book. Double tapping the "ePub back arrow" button in the top left corner takes you back to your library of downloaded eBooks. Will send this off now, as it has been sitting on my computer for a while. Note that OverDrive library download services for eBooks are available internationally. I don't think they're in France, or the Scandinavian countries, but the UK, Australia, Germany, Canada, Taiwan, and a number of other countries have libraries using OverDrive. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jul 30, 2011, at 02:28, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi Esther, > This new version of digital editions seems to be the first one that lets you > have the same book on more than one device, because access is tied to your > Adobe id. That's my impression from the faq. So maybe the strictness around > the Overdrive ebooks has lifted a bit. I guess experimentation will be in > order. > > Mary > > Mary Otten > [email protected] > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
