Hi. I tried the app for my mac once a year ago, and it does not work verry well for me. I wonder has the mac app been updated.
I also see that the app has been removed from the mac app store. Best regards Annie. Den Jan 15, 2013 kl. 7:09 AM skrev Mauricio Almeida <[email protected]>: > hi mark, > > Thank you for sharing this with us, I will definitely take a look on both the > app and your book. > > Mauricio > On Jan 14, 2013, at 7:54 PM, "M. Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> I use a wonderfully VoiceOver accessible eBook creator called Storyist, on >> my Mac. The developer has taken every consideration into account with >> regard to blind and low vision users. >> >> The thing I like most is that Storyist, assuming that you have used heading >> levels in your document, will generate a table of contents. If your >> document does not have headings, you can add headings from within Storyist. >> >> >> The direct URL for the Storyist website is >> http://storyist.com >> >> Now for my shameless plug: >> >> I am delighted to let you know that my latest novel entitled "The Dream >> Factory", has just been published. Just so you know, I write under the >> pseudonym of Mark Marcus. >> >> The website for the book, which includes an audio reading sample, a preview >> of the text, and purchasing options is located at: >> http://candleshorepublishing.com/dreamfactory >> >> The book may be downloaded directly to any Apple device, the Kindle, or >> purchased from Amazon.com in paperback form. >> >> The cost of the eBook version is $2.99 and the paperback version is $5.99. >> >> This book is intended for general audiences ages 17 and up. There is no >> "adult" content. >> >> The following link will play a short audio introduction to the book: >> http://candleshorepublishing.com/dreamfactory/bookdemo/DreamFactoryIntroComm >> ercial.mp3 >> >> To go directly to the book in the iTunes Store, click the following link on >> any computer or from within an Apple device:: >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-dream-factory/id591504963?mt=11 >> >> After my signature, I will paste in the book preface and a short preview >> chapter. >> >> >> Thank you all for your support. >> >> Most Sincerely, >> >> Mark >> >> BOOK PREFACE: >> Welcome to the Dream Factory, a warm, cozy, and extremely lovely place where >> only the most visceral nightmares and pleasure-driven musings of its >> residents are mercilessly extracted and sold for the pure enjoyment of >> others. >> >> Step cautiously as you explore the dimly lighted, extremely narrow, and >> virtually suffocating hallways as groans, screams, moans, and indefinable >> exclamations of unnamed perpetrators, innocent bystanders, and unlikely >> victims, escape from behind coffin lid doors, reach into the very depths of >> your soul, lace icy cold fingers around the heart of your sanity and begin >> to squeeze. >> >> In this, the second tale from the mind of Mark Marcus, we are taken on a >> highly selective and undeniably insightful excursion into the unplumbed dark >> regions of the human psyche as it tears itself apart separating and exposing >> the raw untamed fury inside from the barely contained and seemingly unmarred >> and untouched flawlessly veneered outside. >> >> This book will appeal to all those who have ever screamed themselves awake, >> in the midnight hour, only to discover that the true nightmare, from which >> there is no escape, has only just begun. >> >> BOOK PREVIEW: >> CHAPTER NINE >> >> A: >> What is your first name? >> >> P: >> What? >> >> A: >> I said, what is your first name? >> >> P: >> What a silly question. You know my first name. >> >> (The discharge administrator looks at the woman seated in front of her, >> sternly.) >> >> A: >> I know I told you that nothing you say can or will be used against you but >> if you don't answer my questions I cannot approve your release. Do you >> understand? >> >> P (somewhat alarmed): >> Yes. I understand. >> >> (The discharge administrator returns her gaze to the paperwork on the >> table.) >> >> A: >> So, let's start again. First name? >> >> (The woman seated across from the discharge administrator opens her mouth to >> speak and then closes it slowly.) >> >> P: >> I'm not sure. >> >> (Tears fill her eyes and she raises her hands to wipe them away.) >> >> A (not looking up): >> That's okay. Just sit and think for a moment. It should come to you. If >> not, we won't worry about it. >> >> (The patient is visibly relieved.) >> >> A: >> Next question, age? >> >> P: >> I'm thirty-seven, yes, I am thirty-seven years old. >> >> A: >> Date of birth? >> >> P: >> It's--it's in February. I can't remember. I think it's February 6 but I'm >> not sure. >> >> A: >> Favorite color? >> >> P: >> I don't have one. At least, if I did, I don't anymore. >> >> A: >> What is your last name? >> >> P: >> Jax. My last name is Jax. >> >> A: >> First name? >> >> P: >> I don't know. >> >> A: >> Where were you born? >> >> P: >> Louisville, Kentucky. >> >> A: >> What is good? >> >> P: >> Pardon me? >> >> A: >> I said, what is good? >> >> P (with a look of confusion): >> I don't know how to answer that. I don't know what you mean. What is good? >> Am I to give you a definition? >> >> A: >> You may answer in any way you wish, Miss Jax, anyway at all. >> >> (The patient raises her head as if in some kind of unspoken defiance.) >> >> P: >> Getting out of this place is good. Good is anything that doesn't have to do >> with the Dream Factory. Is that an honest enough answer for you? >> >> (A slightly hysterical giggle escapes the patient, at this.) >> >> (The discharge administrator, raising her eyebrows ever so slightly, >> continues.) >> >> A: >> What is bad? >> >> P: >> Bad is not being able to recall my own first name. Bad is realizing that >> what feels like three years has only been three weeks. Bad is never wanting >> to close my eyes, in order to sleep, again. That's bad. >> >> A (with no hesitation): >> Marital status? >> >> P: >> I'm, uh. I'm married, I think. I am married. >> >> (The discharge administrator looks up and stares at the woman seated across >> from her, patiently.) >> >> P: >> What? I'm married. Aren't I married? >> >> (The administrator returns her gaze to the paperwork.) >> >> A: >> Children? >> >> P: >> None. >> >> A: >> First name? >> >> P: >> I don't know, I still can't recall it, not yet. >> >> A: >> Where were you-- >> >> P: >> Wait. Am I married? Is this a dream? Oh god. Is this another dream? >> >> A: >> This is not a dream. You are very much awake. >> >> P (with a touch of panic in her voice): >> How do I know you're telling me the truth? Oh God. How can I tell? I >> don't know what's going on. Why are you asking me these questions? >> >> (Lowering her head, she begins sobbing uncontrollably.) >> >> A: >> Where were you born? >> >> P: >> I was born in Louisville, Kentucky. >> >> A: >> First name? >> >> P: >> I don't know. I wish you'd stop asking me that. >> >> A: >> Marital status? >> >> P: >> I'm married. Wait, I'm, I'm a widow. My husband is dead. I'm a widow. >> >> A: >> Date of husband's death? >> >> (The patient slowly gathers herself and looks at the discharge >> administrator.) >> >> P: >> Uh, he's been dead for a little while now. He died a month or so ago, >> right? Yes, I'm a widow and my husband is dead. >> >> A: >> Cause of death? >> >> P (speaking in a low voice that almost escapes the administrator, she >> responds very slowly with): >> I killed him. >> >> >> -- >> 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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