Craig, I hope you do get a response, but you wont' know until you try. :) THey may not respond immediately, but your message will not be ignored.
On Sep 12, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Craig Werner <[email protected]> wrote: > I continue to experiment, but as of this writing, no maneuver, > including the "double-tap and hold" pass-through option, is successful > in activating a link to take me to a particular page number of a > chapter. I am working within only one book, but from the comments on > the list, I assume this problem is endemic to, or at least prevalent > in, the in-page links encountered in iBooks. I'll continue to work on > this problem. > If I were to phone Apple accessibility or email the accessibility > site, would I be likely to get a response? I have never interacted > with Apple tech support. > > Craig > > On 9/12/12, Scott Howell <[email protected]> wrote: >> David, >> >> Yes it does bring focus, but also crashes VO. Of course pressing the router >> button should perform the action which is to take you to that location where >> the link points. Bringing up a menu would sort of defeat the purpose. If the >> link took you to an external site that would make sense, but in this case >> these are links that are internal to the book itself and take you to a >> specific page, chapter, etc. >> So, maybe all this will be addressed in iOS 6. :) >> >> On Sep 11, 2012, at 6:17 PM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Find the link with your braille display and press one of the router >>> buttons under it to get VO highlighted on it. Perform the double-tap and >>> hold gesture on the display. Double-tap and hold activates the pass >>> through gesture on whatever VO is highlighted on. Pass through gesture >>> cannot currently be performed on the braille display. Note: I have not >>> done this in iBooks. I have done this in other apps, so it should work, >>> though not guaranteed. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: [email protected] >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 12/09/2012, at 9:20, Scott Howell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> David, >>>> >>>> The links at least in my case should take you to a specific point in the >>>> book. So, if that is how one would access the link then that would be a >>>> problem when using a Braille display. >>>> So, we may be talking two separate issues here. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> On Sep 11, 2012, at 3:50 PM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> When you use up and down flicks along with the rotor to navigate on to >>>>> the exact link, use a double-tap and hold (pass-through gesture) to tell >>>>> the iOS device you want to work specifically with the link. A menu of >>>>> options should pop up. >>>>> >>>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On 11/09/2012, at 14:25, Craig Werner <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thank you, Dameshe and Scott, for weighing in. I am going to get >>>>>> sighted help tomorrow and do some more experimenting. Dameshe, from a >>>>>> character by character search of lines containing links, it certainly >>>>>> appears that any line containing a link carries other information >>>>>> besides the name of the link, including "greater than" signs >>>>>> signifying the presence of a link. I'll be back with an update soon. >>>>>> >>>>>> Craig >>>>>> >>>>>> On 9/10/12, Scott Howell <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> Although this is not exactly related to this specific issue, I have >>>>>>> found >>>>>>> that trying to activate links in books using iBooks, while using a >>>>>>> Braille >>>>>>> display results in VoiceOver crashes and the link is never activated. >>>>>>> I would be curious if anyone has had any success with speech and/or >>>>>>> Braille >>>>>>> when activating links. I think this is something that needs to be >>>>>>> brought to >>>>>>> APple's attention and I would encourage you to do so by e-mailing >>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 10, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Damashe Thomas >>>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have had a few books with links that didn't work. What seems to >>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>> happened is that the link isn't on a line by itself, usually I have >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> comma or some other punctuation. It's like if someone emails you a >>>>>>>> link, >>>>>>>> as onlg as that links text is all on one line you can usually click >>>>>>>> it. >>>>>>>> But if I wrote the url like this, >>>>>>>> www.google.coj, >>>>>>>> and you receive it with the comma after the m in .com, you can not >>>>>>>> activate that link. >>>>>>>> Try moving your finger down the screen til you get to the link then >>>>>>>> double >>>>>>>> tap it. If this method doesn't work, then I am afraid you have other >>>>>>>> punctuation or something on the line with the link. >>>>>>>> Sorry for the rambling message, hope it helped some. >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Werner" >>>>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 6:54 AM >>>>>>>> Subject: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Greetings to the list. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I am using iBooks 1.1.1 on my iPhone 3GS to read a book in the >>>>>>>>> Rough >>>>>>>>> Guide travel series. This book contains links to sections of >>>>>>>>> chapters >>>>>>>>> which it lists at the start of each chapter. Try as I might, I >>>>>>>>> cannot >>>>>>>>> activate those links and jump to a desired page number. I have >>>>>>>>> stopped continuous reading, changed the rotor to "word mode," and >>>>>>>>> double-tapped on words in the title of the link and on the word >>>>>>>>> "link" >>>>>>>>> itself, all to no avail. Of course, I can activate the "search" >>>>>>>>> button and do a search for the desired section's title, but I'd >>>>>>>>> rather >>>>>>>>> just click on the link for that title. 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