At the risk of getting off topic, I prefer reading from the PC, using Audio, or downloading Brailed materials.
Reading books from the Amazon Kindle or an IOS device takes some getting used to. Have you tried reading that version of the bible in a different format? From: 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 11:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student I love iBooks, but some books have rather awful issues if the book is complex. Take the CSB Reader’s Bible, for example. That’s the one that comes to mind with these issues, not trying to start a debate on Bibles or religion. When you try to read, everything is very sluggish, even on my iPhone X R, which isn’t an old device. On Kindle, the stripping out of a lot of stuff works in its favor with these kinds of heavily interactive books. Otherwise, I agree, Ibooks wins for me. Although, even with braille, formatting like bold, italics, and underline are still lost in braille mistranslation. On Sep 19, 2021, at 11:40 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > wrote: No, Kendall has a broader selection. So, if I can only find the book on Kindle, I buy it there. But if I have a choice, I always buy on Apple Books. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPad On Sep 19, 2021, at 11:24 AM, skipper8...@gmail.com <mailto:skipper8...@gmail.com> wrote: Is Apple iBooks have the same types of reading materials as Amazon Kindle Store? In other words, when searching for books, did you find the same titles in both stores? From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2021 12:16 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student The thing I hate about Kindle books is that they strip all the formatting out. So, there are no paragraphs or headings or anything, everything just displays like one big long string of text. That drives me crazy! Apple iBooks has made lots of money off me, just because the reading experience in braille is so much better. Cheers, Donna On Sep 19, 2021, at 10:21 AM, <skipper8...@gmail.com <mailto:skipper8...@gmail.com> > <skipper8...@gmail.com <mailto:skipper8...@gmail.com> > wrote: Thanks. Kindle is a great source for books, and I really wish they could be read on the Mac with VoiceOver. From: 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2021 11:19 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: FW: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a Mac as a Blind Student On 17/9/21 05:08, skipper8...@gmail.com <mailto:skipper8...@gmail.com> wrote: The only problem I see with this analysis is lack of support for the Kindle eReader and OCR out of the box but the iPhone can take care of that. Also, as a person who works in a job that significantly involves writing scholarship for publication, I've never needed Kindle. Others may be in a different position; I'm simply noting that, for academic purposes, there are usually other sources. As for OCR, ABBYY FineReader for Mac should be investigated. Is it possible to use Learning Ally materials on an iPhone? On iPhone or Mac, yes, as far as I can recall. 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