Hi Sarah, I've been using their very good IOS App this semester, so haven't bothered with the new version of the Mac bookshelf manager until now. I ran into the same problems you did and here's how I got around them. As I note below, once you manage to get through the lousy install process, it turns out the bookshelf manager stinks pretty bad anyway. 1. The download buttons on their website actually popup a window and then try to kick off a java applet to check for system compatibility. As far as I can tell, that process never completed on my system. 2. In the popup window, there was a link provided to directly download the installer file. The link was: https://live-www-sw.rfbd.org/install//LABookshelfManagerInstaller.dmg This downloads a file named "LABookshelfInstallerManager.DMG which has a size of 22.9 MB. 3. After the file was downloaded, I pressed VO+Spacebar on it but nothing seemed to happen; however, when I checked the Finder sidebar, I found that the LABookshelfManagerInstaller disk image had indeed been mounted and it contained a single file named "LABookshelfManagerInstaller.PKG. Selecting that file, I was able to kick off a standard install process that successfully installed the LA Bookshelf Manager version 1.1.0.28. 4. At the completion of the installation, the LA Audiobook Manager automatically launched to complete the setup process. Here's another area where they've missed the accessibility boat. The opening screen is full of text and instructions, but none of it is accessible using standard VO navigation. You'll need to use the tab key to move between the various screen elements, but be aware that much of the text on the screen is not read aloud. FOrtunately, the important fields such as username and password are read. After logging in on this screen, you'll move to another setup screen you which is also largely inaccessible. This screen is where you tell the application where to put your downloaded files. Again, use tab and spacebar to move around. The final setup screen is where you select the book players you intened to use. Again, not VO friendly but you can prolly figure it out after tabbing around a few thousand times. 5. Finally, you'll be dumped into the LA Audiobook Manager which was obviously not written to comply with Apple's accessibility guidelines. Forget trying to use VO commands to accomplish anything. It's the tab key or nothing, and it is not intuitive. Even most of the standard Apple menus are not available.
I'm befuddled by how they can manage to make their US $20 IOS App work almost perfectly with VO on the i-Devices while at the same time making this Bookshelf Manager essentially unusable with VO on the Mac. HTH, Bryan On May 19, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello to all. I am having trouble with learning alie download manager and > website. I contacted them last week and have heard nothing. here is an audio > file of what' going on. Basically I can't download the new updated bookshelf > manager. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> 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/>
