I have also communicated to APple with the issue and exact steps to reproduce. If they responded then you can bet they will work on the issue. May not happen tomorrow, but it will be addressed.
On Sep 19, 2012, at 10:13 PM, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> After much experimenting, I have concluded that I can't get >> iBooks >> links to activate and plan to write to accessibil...@apple.com 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 <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> 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" <dchitten...@gmail.com> >>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> 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: dchitten...@gmail.com >>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 11/09/2012, at 14:25, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com> 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 <scottn3...@gmail.com> 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 >>>>>> accessibil...@apple.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 10, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Damashe Thomas <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> >>>>>> 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" >>>>>>> <coffeeb...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>>>>> 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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