Oops. I just realized that I forgot to paste the link I was talking about in my previous email. Here it is. https://www.google.com/amp/s/coolblindtech.com/frotz-for-ios-interactive-fiction-at-your-fingertips/amp/
Thanks, Ari > On Jul 16, 2017, at 9:27 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Okay, so I took the plunge last night and updated to the latest version of > VDR, and I still can't get things to work. God, Apple, you're super annoying > the crap out of me right now! Why'd you have to go and set restrictions on > in-app browsers? Anyway, I tried everything I can think of with this link. > It's a link to a Cool Blind Tech podcast. Yes, I know I can just go find it > in downcast, but not everything's in downcast. Anyhow, the link is to a page > with an explanation of the podcast, with a link to play it or download it. I > double-tapped and held on the play link, which brought up a share option. > When I selected save to Voice Dream, it looked like it was going to make a > text file in VDR with the link as the text in the file, which is not what I > wanted. so I did a regular double-tap on the link, and the podcast started > playing. I pressed the exit full screen button, and got another share button. > Great, I thought. It'll work this time. Nope. After pressing save to Voice > Dream, I was presentedwith a pop up with a save button and a done button. > Also buttons for article, pdf, and fulltext. Both article and pdf buttons > were dimmed, so I left them alone. When I pressed the save button, the pop up > stayed up. I went to check on the progress of the file in VDR after a minute > or so, and nothing was there. I repeated the process, this time hitting done > instead of save. This time, the pop up closed, and the file still wasn't in > VDR! i could chuck my phone across the room at this point! What on Earth am I > doing wrong? Arrgh! > > > Thanks, > Ari > >> On Jul 16, 2017, at 9:10 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> If it is a generic ePub book, not DRM protected, Voice Dream Reader has read >> that format for several versions now, if not from the beginning. >> Richard >> >> >>> On Jul 16, 2017, at 7:55 AM, TaraPrakash <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all >>> >>> Is voice dream reading epub books now? >>> Last train I tried i could not export the book correctly from my email >>> >>> >>> I assume epub is not supported Is it true though? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jul 16, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Chris Smart <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> voice dream reader? >>>> >>>> At 12:22 AM 7/16/2017, you wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> What is vdr? >>>>> >>>>> Jan >>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 15, 2017, at 11:54 PM, Woody Anna Dresner >>>>>> <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Ari, >>>>>> >>>>>> I haven't used the extension, but I have added a URL to Voice Dream >>>>>> Reader. I often download Tek Talk presentation archives, so I added >>>>>> <http://www.accessibleworld.org/>www.accessibleworld.org >>>>>> >>>>>> When I choose that option, the Accessible World page opens. When I >>>>>> double-tap an MP3, it downloads into Voice Dream Reader. there's a >>>>>> progress bar at the bottom of the screen. It works really well. >>>>>> >>>>>> HTH, >>>>>> Anna >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 15, 2017, at 5:54 PM, >>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I want to upgrade to the latest version of VDR, but I'm worried about >>>>>>> using VDR's Safari extension two import things I find on the web into >>>>>>> VDR. i've never gotten this to work reliably in the past. I find it >>>>>>> confusing. There's a done button, and the save button, and whatever I >>>>>>> do, nothing seems to work. Could somebody walk me through using this >>>>>>> extension, particularly for saving things like MP3s into Voice Dream >>>>>>> Reader? 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