This is great news. I haven't checked out some of the books I've wanted to from the library because of the lack of accessibility.. Now it seems I can.
Thanks, Teresa On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:37 AM, Max wrote: > Thank you Jane. I downloaded Adobe Digital Editions 1.8 preview and it > seems to be quite accessible with Voice Over. At the moment i can > only read by page - but maybe i just haven't found the short cut keys > for reading by line etc yet. I'm also finding that after every page i > manually have to click on next page before it goes on. Do you know if > there is a setting to make pages turn automatically? > Either way, it is a massive improvement over the previous Digital > Editions App which wasn't at all accessible. > > > > Jane wrote: >> Hi there. Yes I am talking a bout 1.8 Beta for Adobe Digital Editions. >> >> As for Overdrive, not talking about those. I'm talking specifically about >> Kobo Books--I thought that's what the person was referring to. Overdrive >> books are supposed to be supported now with adobe 1.8. I have yet to find >> out, but I plan to--soon. >> >> Jane >> >> >> On Jul 26, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Esther wrote: >> >>> Hi Jane, >>> >>> Wow, this must be the 1.8 beta that is supposed to add accessibility >>> support. According to the MacUpdate page, this was released July 20, 2011. >>> Is this usable? The current stable version of Adobe Digital Editions >>> (1.7.2) does not let VoiceOver read anything. The MacUpdate reviews of >>> this product (stable versions) by sighted users are at the lowest ratings. >>> Have things gotten better? On the iPad are you using this with OverDrive? >>> (since BlueFire Reader, the other app that supports library downloadable >>> ADE DRM renders even books without DRM protection unreadable by VoiceOver). >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 11:20, Jane wrote: >>> >>>> I am currently using Adobe Digital Edition 1.8 to read books from Kobo on >>>> the Mac. I am also getting it to work on the iPad. It takes some >>>> fiddling, but you can read books from there with either the Mac or the >>>> iPad or other iDevice. >>>> >>>> Jane >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Max wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi. Can anyone give some advice on reading e-books on the Mac? >>>>> I've tried the Kindle and Kobo apps for Mac and they are both not >>>>> accessible. >>>>> I know that Stanza can read some DRM-free formats - but that only >>>>> takes you so far. >>>>> Are there any Mac solutions that are as easy to use and accessible as >>>>> iBooks on the iPhone? >>>>> Please help >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Max >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
