Have you sent an email to Apple accessibility about this issue? David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone
On 30/03/2013, at 2:37, Arianna Sepulveda <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, then, Apple might want to step up it's game, since it's now > releasing textbooks through iBooks. All those elements that Mario > mentioned are super important to comprehending information in > textbooks. > > > Thanks, > Ari > > On 3/28/13, Alan Paganelli <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think your misunderstanding the point of the reader. It was intended as a >> >> reader for novels etc and never intended for text books for students. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mario Barbuto" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:50 AM >> Subject: Re: best epub reader app for I Phone and accessibility? >> >> >>> Hi Dan, >>> >>> I guess Gutemberg project uses the so-called "social DRM", out of >>> copyright protection. >>> For this kind of ebooks the Apple free downloadable app "Ibooks" could be >>> >>> suitable enough, but only in case of simple contents books, I mean >>> especially novels and litterature books in general. >>> In short, all that books readable almost sequentially from start to end, >>> from top to bottom. >>> >>> Unfortunately, in case you need reading more complex books, the Ibooks app >>> >>> often fails, not showing you all the features of the book. >>> I'm mainly thinking of books filled with tables, footnotes, indexes with >>> nested items, headings, meaningful images, refeences and so on. >>> Ibooks seems not to recognize tables and consequently they cannot be red >>> according to their structure, by column or by line, but just sequentially >>> >>> line per line. >>> The text description tags of images, when present, are ignored as well as >>> >>> nested paragraphs in an index. >>> Setting the VO rotor in navigation by headings you are not allowed to jump >>> >>> to next or previous heading by the usual one finger down or up sliding >>> gesture. >>> >>> I have found more suitable to reading Epub format, but not copyright >>> protected ebooks, the app called "Ilike2Read", downloadable not for free, >>> >>> despite I did not find a complete accessible and usable app yet, capable >>> of taking advantage of all the Ebooks navigation features. >>> Not to mention Ebooks Adobe DRM protected that are almost inaccessible to >>> >>> VoiceOver in Iphone and other apple devices. >>> Only the "OverDrive" app seems dealing a little with that kind of books, >>> but with bunch of shortcomings. >>> >>> Of course, this is just my personal experience, >>> hoping it could help. >>> >>> Mario. >>> >>> >>> At 11:57 27/03/2013, Dan Beaver GMail wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I see that project Gutenberg suggests several apps for reading their books >>>> >>>> in epub format. >>>> >>>> does anyone know the most accessible and usable app for reading epubs on >>>> the I Phone? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Dan Beaver >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> > > -- > 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. 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