Yes, I am able to delete the normal way, but I have to refresh between deletions to see the list without the deleted title. But deleting is working for me on an iPhone 6 running 8.4.
On 10/10/15, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > I am still curious if others can delete the normal way, i.e. double tap the > main delete button and then have delete buttons showing up for each book > without doing anything else. This is working for me and has been ever since > this was initially fixed a few versions ago. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Craig Werner > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2015 8:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: New to Audible iOS app > > > > An hour ago, I wrote to Audible documenting the steps needed to delete a > book and revd a reply within minutes that my concern would be forwarded to > the developers. The response was boiler-plate language, but at least, I got > a promise that the feedback would be sent on. Robin and others, if I hear > anything more from Audible, I'll be back in touch. > > > > Craig > > > > > On Friday, October 9, 2015, Robin Frost <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I don’t know that it is device or iOS specific as I can report the same as > Craig exactly with an iPhone 6sPlus running iOS 9.0.2 both after having > restored the device to new as well as restoring from cloud backup. > > While I’m glad it is still possible to delete as I recall when we couldn’t > it’s still maddening to have to go through so many steps to do it. > > Robin > > > > > > From: Craig Werner <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 9:32 PM > > To: [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > Subject: Re: New to Audible iOS app > > > > Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread. > > > > Sieghard, after reading your thoughtful post, I did lots of testing only to > find that I could not make VoiceOver speak the "delete" buttons on the left > side of the screen unless I took focus away from the device after pressing > the "Delete" button that initiates the deletion process. After focusing on > the device, I pressed "delete" and swiped right and left and touched the > screen spot by spot, so to speak, all to no avail. When I focused on > "Cloud," and when I brought focus back from "Cloud" to "Device," the > book-specific "Delete" buttons were spoken by both swiping and touching the > screen. Perhaps this bug is device- and iOS-specific. I'm using an iPhone > 5 and iOS 8.3. I may communicate with Audible again in order to tell them > that no one, sighted or blind, should have to switch focus away from the > device in order to delete a book. I am glad you are able to delete books in > the prescribed way and only wish the process would work equally well for > everyone. Again, thanks for your words. > > > > Craig > > > On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > wrote: > > Hi craig and others, > > > > This is very strange, I now have an iPhone 6S, but I also still have my 5S > and I have the most recent Audible version on both devices (version 2.6.1 > (377). > > The Delete function works and has worked for me as it should in the last few > versions. I don’t remember when it was broken that time I think when they > first introduced the 2.5 or 2.6 series of updates, but then they fixed it > and it has been working fine for me without any work-arounds. > > All I do is double tap the Delete button at the top (to the left of Refresh) > and then all the delete buttons beside each book show up, I can double tap > them and the book is gone. The app no longer asks to confirm if you want to > delete, but that’s fine with me since one would assume that by the time you > get to this point you know you want to delete the book. > > I still think it’s too bad that the buttons to delete each book only say > “Delete” and not Delete followed by the book title, but I usually swipe so I > know for sure I am on the correct delete button. > > All the delete buttons are along the very left edge of the screen, to the > left of the book titles, but when you swipe right, Voiceover reads the book > title first, then it reads the “Menu” button and then comes the delete > button. Interestingly enough, when the main delete button is activated and > you explore the screen rather than swipe, the Menu buttons which are > normally down the very right edge of the screen, are nowhere to be found, > you hear them only when you swipe, but they actually don’t do anything when > in delete mode. > > Maybe some others can check if this works for them, but I also hadn’t heard > lately that the delete functionality was broken. > > I do, however, agree that it would be nice if for Voiceover users delete was > once again a rotor option as it once was. > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > From: javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]'); > [mailto:javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');] On Behalf > Of Craig Werner > Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 4:53 AM > To: javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]'); > Subject: Re: New to Audible iOS app > > > > Hello, everyone. > > > > I have reported this problem in detail to Audible along with the concern > that this is the third time, I believe, that the "delete" function has been > broken for VoiceOver users in the last year or so. > > > > Craig > > > > > On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, Kimber Gardner > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> wrote: > > I didn't know this work-around either. Thanks so much. Now I can clean > up my library on the phone. > > Kimber > > On 10/6/15, Craig Werner <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hello, Chris. >> >> The "Delete" button does indeed, at first glance, seem pointless. Here's >> how the deletion process should work. The user double-taps the "Delete" >> button. Then, right next to each title on the device, there is another >> "Delete" button with the VoiceOver hint "delete from the device." If the >> process were working normally, pressing this button would, in fact, >> delete >> the book. Trouble is that the operation isn't working right for VoiceOver >> users, but there is a work-around. After you have pressed the initial >> "Delete" button, press the "Cloud" button followed by the "Device" >> button. >> In other words, you are shifting focus from your device to the cloud and >> back again. Once you have made this focus swap, the second button, the >> one >> with the VoiceOver hint of "delete from device," magically appears. Press >> this button, and the book will be gone. >> >> Craig >> >> >> On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, chris <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> Subject says it all, now here is the question. How does a VoiceOver user >>> delete a book? I see a delete button, but that seems pointless if it >>> doesn't do anything. Any responses greatly appreciated. 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