Hi Krishnakant, I haven’t had a chance to test the read all bug you’ve found in Drafts app, but I will say that the developer has a good track record of responding to accessibility bugs and so you would be well served to report it via the app’s website. Their documentation <https://docs.getdrafts.com/>is also well-written and comprehensive. As for the markdown syntax, in the editor it’s treated as plain text (an asterisk is still an asterisk) but you can use “preview mode” to instantly output an HTML preview page where your text is navigable by heading, links are rendered as links, etc. In this view the read-all bug isn’t there, either — you can navigate just as you would on a well-structured HTML web page! More info here:
https://docs.getdrafts.com/docs/editor/previews Warmly, Andrew > On Jun 20, 2025, at 7:41 AM, Krishnakant Mane <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Andrew. > I actually installed drafts and find that it is very accessible. > One thing which I found was that read all was again broken here. > So it means that read all always starts at the top. If you use cursor keys > and go down few lines and then initiate read all, it still starts at the top. > Regarding markdown I am aware of it and in fact used it for sometime in my > early days of career. > So re you saying that if I use markdown syntax, it will convert it to the > format? > For example if I add a * at the start of line, will it render and format the > document accordingly or still show and read out * for that line? > Regards. > >> On 20 Jun 2025, at 4:37 PM, Andrew Leland <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Krishnakant, >> Drafts is superb as a temporary note taker, I’d say it works as advertised — >> you write first, and then figure out where and how to export the text later. >> It uses markdown for text formatting. If you don’t know markdown, it’s quite >> easy to learn — *single asterisks* for ital, a line starting with a single # >> is an H1, etc. https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/ >> After a few years, for the majority of situations I’ve pretty much given up >> on WYSIWYG editors like Word or Pages in favor of writing in markdown, I >> find it much more accessible and precise and… fun?? For my workflow. >> Smiles >> Andrew >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Jun 20, 2025, at 12:41 AM, Krishnakant Mane <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Oh, drafts app. >>> Can you give me some more details on how and for what you have used it. >>> Can you do text formatting, is it good as a temporary note taker? >>> Regards. >>> >>>> On 19 Jun 2025, at 11:35 PM, Andrew Leland <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> While we’re talking about editing text on the iPad, I want to give a >>>> shout-out to the extremely versatile and accessible Drafts app >>>> <https://getdrafts.com/>, which works well across iOS/iPadOS and MacOS … >>>> >>>>> On Jun 18, 2025, at 8:52 PM, 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I use a fantastic, free one called Subtext for plain text, but I don't >>>>> think it does RTF, which I would otherwise just preview with Quick Look. >>>>> So not a whole answer, but if you only edit plain, Subtext definitely >>>>> comes recommended. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>>> Visionaries list. >>>>> >>>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>>> >>>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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