No, no, no, sighted people do NOT scroll continuously in reading apps such as Kindle. Each page of text fills the screen. Sighted people read the screen like a page in a book. They then touch the right-hand corner of the display which looks like the corner of a page, and quickly slide the finger across the screen to the left side. The display shows a graphic of a page turning whilst the new page worth of text is being put up in the background. Once the graphic is finished, the new page worth of text is clearly displayed.
Many experiments done over the past several decades consistently show that people overwhelmingly prefer this method for reading rather than continuously scrolling text. Apparently, the majority of people find continuous scrolling of text to be stressful. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 25/05/2013, at 9:35, "Eileen Misrahi" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I totally agree. I am not moving from the IOS platform anytime soon. From > all the discussions about Android, Apple is the Mercedes Benz when it comes > to accessibility. For a lot of us, braille is the prefer method to read our > books, so in a ksense the blind community lags behind our sighted folks > that can scroll continuously. I have moved away from using my Apex with my > iPhone, but I need to get back to it, as my contracted braille skills aren't > being used much with BrailleTouch (not at all). We should all tip our hats > to Apple for being able to use a device right out of the box. I guess if > there are enough of us that politely contact Apple accessibility, it may > climb the ladder a little bit. Thanks for your input. > > Eileen > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Scott Davert > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 11:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Kindle with Braille display > > Hi Eileen. > Sadly, Apple is a closed type system, and if Android ever gets just as > usable with braille as Apple, and it has the ability to do continuous > reading, it's something I'll have to give a serious look. I use braille > almost exclusively now, so it's a major thing for me. I'd love it if Apple > would make it possible to scroll continuously with a braille display, but > I'm sure it's very low on their list of priorities at this point. There are > some rather significant VoiceOver issues that need reparing, namely, the > inability to go from heading to heading without the page moving in odd ways. > > Scott > > On 5/24/13, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Scott, >> >> I guess these responses get me furious that Apple can be so anal and >> controlling of what can be permitted or not. This is an accessibility >> problem to make the reading experience more enjoyable and efficient. JMO. >> >> Eileen >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Scott Davert >> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 11:06 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Kindle with Braille display >> >> Hi. >> It's an Apple limitation in the braille driver. Continuous reading >> with braille displays is not an option with any app. >> >> Scott >> >> On 5/24/13, Peter Bosher <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi All, I'm using the Kindle iPhone app to read books in Braille with >>> an Apex Braillenote, and fantastic it is too, apart from this glitch: >>> when I use the next-page command, either from the Apex or on the >>> phone, it is very unreliable. It sometimes stays on the same page, >>> sometimes jumps two pages forward, and occasionally goes correctly >>> to the next page. Has anyone found a reliable way to read >>> continuously from a Braille display? 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