every book I've gotten so far is accessible. I have yet to find an inaccessible novel.
Jane On Feb 27, 2012, at 11:46 PM, Mike Busboom wrote: > Hello Esther and others, > > I would like to thank you all very much for your input regarding my question > about continuous reading of a book in the iBook application. As you stated, > Esther, a two-finger flick down from within the text did the trick. And yes, > I agree that upon more thought, this makes sense. > > Now to my next question: Is it a reasonable expectation that most > commercially-done, contemporary novels found in the bookstore will be > accessible? > > Even though I am currently in the U.S., I am still taken to the Austrian App > Store, though manually switching isn't a problem. > > Kindest regards and thanks once again for your assistance, > > Mike > > On 26,Feb,2012, at 12:59 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Mike, >> >> Just to expand on my comment about issuing the two-finger flick down from >> the text area of the book to get continuous reading going in iBooks. Since >> this gesture is meant to "read all" on the current page, starting from your >> present position, if you wanted to find out about the page chooser at the >> bottom of the screen the first time you checked the layout of controls in >> iBooks, and were starting from the buttons for Library and table of >> contents, you wouldn't want VoiceOver to keep reading to the end of the book >> before telling you that there were additional controls at the bottom of the >> page. >> >> So what happens is that a two-finger flick down initiated from the area with >> button controls at the top of the screen just reads the text that is on the >> current page, then goes on to read the controls at the bottom of the screen. >> But if you initiate the two-finger flick down from within the text area, >> your "read all from present point" gesture continues to read through the >> text area, only, and will automatically go on to the next page. >> >> This originally confused me, too, the first time I encountered it and didn't >> have VO read the rest of the page. But then it made sense that it would >> work that way. >> >> Most people touch the center of the screen when they do their two-finger >> flick down, so that's why they automatically get the continuous reading. >> >> You'll still notice a slight pause when you reach the end of the current >> page. That's because iBooks does a simulated page turn graphic. This >> annoyed the heck out of some early reviewers (who were not visually >> impaired. Andy Ihnatko wrote in his initial, otherwise positive, review of >> iBooks for the Chicago Sun: "I do wish I could disable the fancy page-curl >> animation. On an iPhone 3GS, at least, there’s a slight, but annoying, >> additional pause as the app does a whole lot of math.") If this really >> annoys you, changing the font size to be small will put a lot more text on >> the screen before you get that slight pause. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Feb 26, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Esther wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> Try doing the two-finger flick down from the middle of the text page. For >>> example, if you're reading in the page, do a two-finger tap to stop. Then >>> do a two-finger flick down. Usually when you're in the text area this will >>> work for continuous reading. Or you can try to touch the center of the >>> screen for the text area first, then do the two finger flick down. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On Feb 26, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Mike Busboom wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Jane, >>>> >>>> That's the problem. A two-finger flick down reads the current page, but >>>> reading is halted at the end of the page. I have been unsuccessful at >>>> having continuous read to work. I am read the current page from start to >>>> finish, but then VO stops reading, i.e. the next page isn't turned to, nor >>>> is reading continued. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> On 26,Feb,2012, at 11:56 AM, Jane wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi. >>>>> >>>>> Tru a two-finger-flick-down. That'll start it reading and will turn pages. >>>>> >>>>> Jane >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 26, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Mike Busboom wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> A couple of weeks ago, I downloaded the book on Siri and have started to >>>>>> read it. The navigation works reasonably well, i.e. I can go to >>>>>> specific pages and read a page in its entirety. Where I am having a >>>>>> problem, however, is getting VoiceOver to read continuously. At >>>>>> present, at least with the approach that seems to be working for me, I >>>>>> have to go to the page chooser and flick to the next page.. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there a way to get iBooks to do continuous scrolling or get VoiceOver >>>>>> to automatically "turn pages and thus ensure continuous reading," as it >>>>>> were? I am staying with a friend who has an iPad and he tells me that >>>>>> he is able to get this to work. He puts his iPad in Landscape mode and >>>>>> can see two pages at a time. Would putting my iPhone in Landscape Mode >>>>>> yield the same results? I tried,but was unsuccessful. >>>>>> >>>>>> Kindest regards to all, with thanks in advance, >>>>>> >>>>>> Mike >>>>>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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]. 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