Actually, I'm so jazzed about this. Amazon's Kindle left us in the lurch, to my way of thinking at least, but Apple came through!
Mike On 28,Feb,2012, at 4:00 PM, Cheree Heppe wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > Nearly every book I have downloaded from IBooks has read correctly and has > been accessible. > The only exception that I recall now are books produced by a group called > "Instructables." They put out cookbooks, craft how-to books, a survival > manual where they have doagrams about the skills/tasks one is supposed to be > learning and such. These I don't even try now because they don't work with > VoiceOver. > They, fortunately for VoiceOver users, are a drop in the ocean of accessible > books. I have a lot of books now from IBooks and love being able to read a > newly published work at the same moment as my sighted colleagues. > > Regards, > Cheree Heppe > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 28/02/2012, at 7:22, Jane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> 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]. >> 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. 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