I received email from Apple sayhing they can replicate the problem and are working on a solution. The reply was not detailed, but it came quickly, and I am reassured that Apple is aware of the problem.
Craig On 9/16/12, Craig Werner <[email protected]> wrote: > After much experimenting, I have concluded that I can't get > iBooks > links to activate and plan to write to [email protected] soon. > Here is what I have discovered. If anyone can report different > results, please let me know. > > Problem: When trying to activate a link in iBooks 2.1.1 that takes a > user to a different page of the book than the one being read, the > "Double-tap" gesture produces no results. > > There is no "links" option on the rotor within the iBooks app. > Therefore, if a user wants to try to activate a link, he/she must stop > reading the text and go to the "words" or "characters" options of the > rotor, flick down until the title of the link is heard, and do a > "double-tap." I have tried tapping at several places on the line that > lists a particular link, all to no avail. Damashe suggested that > links with other information on the same line might cause troubles, > and it is true that in the case of the iBook links I have been working > with, there is other information on the line, such as two > "greater-than" signs and a comma, but this information is not > contiguous to the title of the link. At any rate, regardless of where > I "double-tap" on the line, I get no results. The > "double-tap-and-hold" pass-through gesture does pop up a menu of > options, but these have to do with the word being selected, not with > the link itself. > Craig > > On 9/12/12, Damashe Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> This doesn't always work as sometimes the usual roter options are not >> always >> >> available in iBooks for me. Also, the double tap and hold doesn't work at >> all for navigation links that are supposed to move you to another part of >> the book. I am not sure if this is an accessibility issue or one related >> to >> >> formatting of a particular book or PDF as in some cases, the links work >> just >> >> fine and other times they don't. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Chittenden" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 3:50 PM >> Subject: Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book >> >> >>> 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. Any suggestions are welcome >>>>>>> and most appreciated. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Craig >>>>>>> g >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. >> 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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