Hello Paul, I had to check the new install I did of the Bible app To figure out what you meant about the "page 1 of 3" thing, since this didn't show up on the older version of the app I'd previously been running. (I don't always update apps when they're working well, and frankly I think the previous version's menu page was more VoiceOver friendly.)
You are on the menu page for this app. What has happened is that the bottom-most entry on the menu screen has turned into a kind of advertising banner which cycles between three messages: the first is meant to inform users that the NIV version is available for offline download between January 1 through January 21. (It just says "Niw through January 21"). The second message is about using one of their reading plans in 2013, and the third is about following them on Facebook or Twitter. You can't actually download the NIV version by trying to double tap on that first message, even if you're sighted. I think they just copied the code. And actually, I find the new menu screen a nuisance, since when I move back to the menu screen from some of the selections, such as "Profile", that screen may be unresponsive, and I'll have to use triple click home to toggle VoiceOver off and then back on again. So I advise you to start at the top of this screen and flick right past the "Reference or keyword" search field, and past "Today", which gives the verse of the day, to "Bible" and double tap. Then follow the instructions in the linked AppleVis forum post. You'll be on the active reading screen of the Bible, probably set to the first verse of the Book of John in the King James Version, if this is the first time you opened the app. The button indicating the currently selected version is in the top right corner, and by default will be set to "KJV". Double tap that button to get to the "Versions" screen to select and/or download another version of the Bible. When you select one of the other versions in the alphabetically ordered list by double tapping, its entry will get moved up to the top of the screen under the "Recently Used" category and it will also become your currently selected version. For some of the entries there will be a "Download" button when you do a second flick right, indicating there is a version available for offline download. This "Versions" screen is the place where you start the actual down load process. When you double tap the "Done" button in the top left corner you return to reading your Bible in the selected version. Download versions are for use when you don't have an Internet connection. Otherwise, the app will use whichever version you have currently selected through your connection. If you don't have an Internet connection, the app will try to find your version selection among your downloaded versions for offline use. And if it can't find a match, it will use whatever version you have downloaded, or tell you that you have no versions for offline use. HTH. There are more details in the linked post. Cheers, Esther On Jan 8, 1:57 am, "Paul Ferrara" <[email protected]> wrote: > Esther, I did create an account. I thought you might have to be signed in; I > am just getting used to the app and didn't see an obvious place to sign in. > I'll try again. > Any idea on the "page 1 of 3" thing? > > I will let you know if these instructions work. > > Paul > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Esther > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 10:01 PM > To: VIPhone > Subject: Re: youversion questions > > Hello Paul, > > Have you created an account under the YouVersion Bible app, and are > you signed into it when you try to download the NIV version? I posted > some instructions on how to download the NIV version that is available > from January 1 to January 21, 2013 in response to a question at the > AppleVis > forums:http://www.applevis.com/applevis-forum/general-chat/accessible-bibles... > > Those instructions should work for the iPhone or iPod Touch. I also > did a download of the NIV into the app on someone's new iPad Mini. > That was somewhat trickier, as I recall, if you didn't create an > account and sign in when the app was downloaded, but it did work. > It's just that it was less obvious that the download would fail on the > iPad Mini if you weren't signed in based on the screen messages, than > on the iPhone, if you didn't already know this was a requirement -- > for example, from the email that YouVersion sent out at the end of > December. I think that on the iPad Mini you also had to select a > radio button where you agreed to receive emails before the download > would work, and that was not needed on the iPhone. I don't have access > to those iOS devices just now, so perhaps you can just try the > directions at the linked forum post, and come back with questions if > they don't work for you. This was done on an iPhone 5, but I don't > think the steps were substantially different from process on an iPhone > 4 under the previous operating system (e.g., iOS 5). > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jan 7, 12:17 pm, "Paul Ferrara" <[email protected]> wrote: > > All, I have youversion and have 2 concerns: > > > 1. I see where you are supposed to be able to download the NIV and store > > it; all I see is a place where it says link I tap it and nothing happens. > > What am I doing or not doing correctly? > > > 2. Also as I swipe through the app, it says page 1 of 3 but swiping or > > doubletapping there does nothing. Again, what am I doing or not doing > > correctly? > > > Thanks. > > > Paul > > -- 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]. 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