Not a problem, Chris, I don't take offense because after all, I'm neither Austrian nor Australian. :)
I will look for you at CSUN tomorrow,Thursday. Mike On 28,Feb,2012, at 10:15 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Ahh. Makes more sense now and I also failed to notice Austrian vs. > Australian, no sleight intended. > > CB > > On 2/28/12 10:47 AM, Mike Busboom wrote: >> My situation is somewhat different. I live in Austria and have lived there >> for over 35 years. I am just visiting family and friends in the States now. >> Thus far, I have been able to get everything I wanted from the Austrian App >> store. >> >> However, since I am physically present in the States right now, I have to >> intentionally load the Austrian App store before making purchases. My Mac >> automatically loads the US store since I am here right now. I was going to >> put some money on an App store card while here, but I'm not sure if the gods >> in Cupertino will let me do this. :) >> >> Mike >> >> On 28,Feb,2012, at 7:05 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >>> Odd. Do you have something special set up that might make it think you want >>> the Australian store? I know some US folks found changing to English >>> (Australia) gave a different intonation that they found more >>> understandable, but I don't think that does anything anymore, although >>> picking British English from the Languages is an interesting change of >>> cadence. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 2/27/12 8:46 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. 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