That's the thing. I got it to work, but I cannot download the player. itself. I get taken in circles as you saw. On May 21, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Bryan Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/> <--- 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/>
