Yes, this is very helpful, Esther, now I know what not to spend my money on, grin. Patti
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 3:06 PM To: VIPhone Subject: Re: the bluefire reader Hi Patti, BlueFire reader won't work with VoiceOver. it behaves like the Kindle app, in that you appear to Ge to everything except the actual content if texts. Even ePub books without DRM that are readable in iBooks or with Voice Dream Reader won't be viewable. The text displays on the screen, because if you take screen capture image and send it to an OCR program like Prizmo or Adobe TextGrabber you can tell the contents are there. They've just ensured that no screen reader will be able to read the contents out loud. it works if you're sighted; just not if you're visually impaired. The only app I've been able to use to read eBooks with Adobe DRM on the iPhone or iPad is the free OverDrive Media Console app. This is the same application that is used by libraries to let you borrow downloadable audiobooks and eBooks through the application. You can also read eBooks with Adobe's ADE DRM on your computer with the Adobe Digital Editions software. For both this software on your computer and for OverDrive Media Console on iOS, you'll need to get an Adobe ID that can be used to authorize your devices for DRM. Voice Dream Reader will not work for any eBooks with DRM. Also, the Adobe Digital Editions software will only work for eBooks that use Adobe's ADE DRM -- not for the FairPlay 2 DRM used by iBooks. Howver, Adobe's DRM is the most commonly used DRM format, and it is used by Kobo Books and the Barnes and Noble Nook apps. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 6, 9:37 am, "Patti Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, how wonderful, thanks. > Patti > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Fred Olver > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: the bluefire reader > > Patty, I don't know anything about blue fire reader, however having > purchased voice ddream a couple weeks ago, I can tell you that it will > play epub formated books as well as several other formats. I know, > because I was sent a Monopoly strategy book last fall and am reading it, how great. > > Fred Olver > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Patti <mailto:[email protected]> Johnson > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 1:23 PM > Subject: the bluefire reader > > I signed up with EChristian and their books are adobe drm or epub, and > I understand that they are accessible for the iphone with either kobo > or bluefire reader. > I had heard of Kobo but not the Bluefire Reader. > Has anybody had experience with this, to know if it would be useable > with voice over, is it another reader in itself that wouldn't work for > us, I am just wondering before I invest in any books from EChristian. > Thanks, > Patti > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG -www.avg.com > Version:2013.0.2899/ Virus Database: 2641/6150 - Release Date: > 03/05/13 > -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
