I'm going to try reading pdfs again in Ibooks. The files seemed to jump unpredictably by several pages when I tried o-chord and ow-chord in pdfs. I'll also try the dot 3-chord and dot-6-chord for arrow keys. I'd forgotten about those.
Thanks, all, Teresa "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham On Apr 17, 2012, at 8:43 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > Hi, > > Another way to switch to the next page is to pan left once when you get to > the page chooser line and press O-chord. 2-4-6-chord goes to the previous > page. > > Best, > Anna > > > > On Apr 17, 2012, at 8:40 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > >> Hello Theresa, >> >> Navigating PDF titles in iBooks is almost the same as navigating EPUB or >> native iBooks titles but with one little difference. >> >> The following is for navigating native iBooks titles using the Focus 40 Blue >> Braille display which both you and I enjoy: >> >> 1. >> Use the Wiz Wheels to pan through a page of text. >> >> 2. >> When Page Chooser is in focus, at the end of the page, use a chord-6 to jump >> forward one page or chord-3 to jump back one page at a time. >> >> 3. >> Before doing anything else, after using your desired chord combo, carefully >> scroll up one click on a Wiz Wheel. This will take you to the top of the >> current page. Please note that this works only if you do not use any other >> key-combos immediately following either a chord-6 or chord 3. >> >> Now, the only difference between the above and navigating in a PDF title is >> that there is usually one extra line that denotes the number of pages in the >> title just above the Page Chooser line. Ignore this extra line; it is for >> information only. However, after entering your desired chord combo, >> carefully scroll up two clicks on a Wiz Wheel in order to be taken to the >> top of the current page. >> >> Theresa, please feel free to send me one of your .BRF files, off-list of >> course, and I will attempt to determine the cause of your .BRF iBooks >> problem. >> >> Mark >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Teresa Cochran >> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:58 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Don't Seem To Be Having Much Luck Reading brf-to-Epub in >> IBooks; Anyone else? >> >> Hi, Mark, >> >> It'll be a few hours before I can try this. I'm a little hesitant, because I >> have a bit of a hard time navigating pdf files in iBooks. When I switch >> pages, there is often either no change or several pages are skipped. I may >> have a zoom setting adjusted wrong or something. Anyhow, I will try it. How >> do you navigate consistently in pdf files with IBooks? I've attempted to >> change horizontal pages with a three-finger swipe to the left or a Braille >> dots 1-3-5-chord. >> >> Thanks, >> Teresa >> >> "We are made of star-stuff"--Carl Sagan, Cosmos >> >> On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:43 AM, M. Taylor wrote: >> >>> Theresa, >>> >>> Pages is working for me so I'm truly curious as to what the problem may >> be. >>> >>> Please try converting to PDF instead of Epub in Pages, OK? >>> >>> Please let me know. >>> >>> I just converted a file to P >>> df with complete success. >>> >>> I eagerly await your result. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 17, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >>> >>>> Unfortunately, I'm getting bizarre results in Pages, too. First of all, >> it won't open brf files, so I pasted the file into a blank document. I saved >> it as an epub document, and noted the help tag that indicated it could be >> read in Ibooks. When I opened it in Ibooks, it indicated one page and no >> Braille was displayed. >>>> >>>> I'm kind of thinking this may not be the way to go about this. Maybe >> reading in Safari or a Braille-specific app would work best. Perhaps the >> National Library Service will include it in their upcoming app for web >> braille and Bard. >>>> >>>> If anyone else makes any headway, I'd still be greatly interested to hear >> how you fare. I'm going to take a bit of a break from attempting to reinvent >> the wheel here. :) >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Teresa >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>> 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/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> 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/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> 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/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> 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/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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