It depends on the layout of the book. I've read about six books using iBooks on the Mac. A lot of buttons are not labeled, but you can use VO-shift-h to have them identified and then use VO-slash to label them yourself.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jan 8, 2014, at 1:51 PM, Paul Hopewell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > Is anyone successfully using iBooks on Maverick with VoiceOver? Or is iBooks > on Maverick not yet fully accessible? > > First I have just opened a newly purchased iBook on Maverick and find that > the scroll area contains 4 html files each corresponding to different parts > of the book. I do not understand what is going on here. Opening a different > book only has 3 html files in the scroll area. > > Second if I press command+t to open the table of contents I see a new window > containing a table (I know it is a new window because I see it in the list of > windows displayed by VO+F2). Unfortunately if I interact with that table the > table goes away and the window containing that table closes. the same thing > happens if I look at bookmarks. > > I mostly want to access the table of contents and use that to go to a desired > section of the book. I also want to stop reading the book now and later > return to where I left off. Is this possible on Maverick? > > Fortunately iBooks works much better on my iPhone 3GS under IOS 6. > > Should I expect iBooks to work OK with VoiceOver on Maverick? If so what am I > doing wrong? > > Many thanks. > > Paul Hopewell > <--- 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> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences 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> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
