Mary, are you talking about the Amazon Kindle app? I thought you were talking about the Amazon app, the one that's just called Amazon and is strictly for buying products. If you are indeed talking about the Kindle app, I can't help you there. I've only used it to read books, not done anything else with it.
Thanks, Ari > On Aug 15, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ari, > I am not sure I understand how this is supposed to work. Go into the book > browser on your iPad mini or iPad if you have one. I think just before book > categories listing, you will find something that says start a new series. It > might be just after all the categories. I honestly don't remember, but I > think it is before. Double tap on that new series thing. As you say, there > will be no clicks, but the page loads. You will then see that there are > certain number of series. In my case, it was said to be 29. If you start > flicking through, you will see that voiceover will focus on each one, one > after the other. However, if you flick past those series which are available > on the first page, and double tap one of them, you will go nowhere, because > the focus has not followed the voiceover cursor. So I'm not sure how your > scenario fits this scenario. > 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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