I noticed you said you were using the Amazon app. I am talking about the book browser from within the Kindle app. That may account for the difference that were seeing. I never use the Amazon app. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 15, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mary, one way that I found to make the Amazon app play nicely when scrolling > is to put VoiceOver focus on to something, then wait a few seconds while > whatever product page you've just double-tapped on finishes loading > completely. There aren't any clicks, like you would get in Safari, but just > wait between three and five seconds, and everything should be fine. After > you've found something on the screen to focus on, do your normal three-finger > swipe up, and the pages should start scrolling fine. Hope this helps. > > > Thanks, > Ari > >> On Aug 15, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Daniel, >> I am not a programmer, obviously. And perhaps you are, or know enough about >> it or how Apple does it, to know that Apple couldn't fix it without breaking >> something. I just wonder if there isn't something in common that all these >> programs that don't scroll well for voiceover have. And maybe Apple could >> work around the issue, since these big companies like Amazon and Netflix do >> not seem terribly interested in helping us out. The zite app is another. >> That used to be great then, a couple of years ago, CNN bought it. And their >> programmers broke it. Despite many requests to have it fixed, it is still >> broken. So, it doesn't seem like this is a problem that will go away. And it >> doesn't seem like the big developers are very interested in making it go >> away. I know many people have asked Netflix to make their programs more >> accessible all to no avail, as far as I can see. >> Mary >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 15, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Daniel Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Mary, >>> >>> I’ve seen those problems. Those are app-specific problems that the >>> developers need to fix. Apple can’t do anything on a system-wide level to >>> fix that, unless they themselves break something. >>> >>>> On Aug 15, 2015, at 6:25 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I am not using the beta, so I am not on the beta users list. I suspect >>>> that some who are also here. And that is why I am raising this question. I >>>> don't expect an answer as to whether it has been fixed, because we all >>>> know about the glorious and stupid nDA for a public beta, which is being >>>> violated all over the place in the mainstream. But, never mind. It seems >>>> like there are a certain number of apps or things within apps, where >>>> voiceover will not scroll. Or the machine will not scroll with voice over >>>> enabled using the three finger flick up or the three finger flick left or >>>> right. Cases in point are Netflix and the book browser within Amazon >>>> Kindle when running it on an iPad. I don't know frankly, if this is an >>>> Apple problem or something that the developers should fix. What I do >>>> know, is that if Apple can fix it, it would be great, since the developers >>>> are not likely to do so. These are just the things that come immediately >>>> to mind. I know I have seen this problem of the device and voiceover not >>>> scrolling together, or not scrolling when voiceover is on. And it is a big >>>> deal that Apple should fix if they can, even if it isn't technically >>>> their problem. We, the end-users are the loser. >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >>>> list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you >>>> have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you >>>> feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >>>> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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