Hi Seigard, As for the volume button, double-tap and hold, then you get a regular slider and can then do the one finger flick up and down to adjust the volume. I have not tried the airplay feature yet. I too think the app is the best it has ever been. Hth,
Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Jun 21, 2013, at 12:58 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello List, > > I am curious what people think about the most recent Audible update (version > 2.0.4 from June 18). > Now that the Previous and Next chapter buttons are back on the main screen I > think this app the best it has ever been. > > One thing I have not yet figured out is how one uses the volume button to > change the volume. When I double tap it Voiceover says 66% adjustable, but > swiping up or down then seems to change my playback position rather than the > volume. Of course I can simply increase or decrease the volume using the > volume buttons on the phone and I am only curious as to how it works with the > volume button since using the physical buttons on the phone makes a lot more > sense to me in any case. > > I’d also like to hear how easy people find it to locate the Airplay and > Volume button by moving your finger around the screen. Not sure if it’s just > me, but I think they are quite small and you really have to be right on them. > I also find it not very intuitive that Audible has changed the order these > buttons show up when you swipe from left to right. Physically at the very top > left of the screen is the Back button, just a bit to the right of that is the > Airplay button. Then there seems to be a gap and on the right side of the > screen is first the Volume button and then at the very top right is the > Product Info button. However, if you put your finger on the Back button and > swipe right once, Voiceover skips the Airplay button which is next and goes > to the Volume button. Another swipe then takes you correctly to the right and > onto the Product Info button and only a third swipe takes you back to the > left and the Airplay button. > > The last item which they still have not done is to make the visual > highlighting accessible on the Chapters and Bookmarks page. A sighted person > sees the listing of chapters in the currently playing part and the chapter > that is currently playing is highlighted. If you go through the chapter list > with Voiceover you have no indication which chapter is currently playing. If > it is visually highlighted, shouldn’t it be possible to make Voiceover say > “Currently Playing” when you come to the chapter that is playing? You can now > find that information on the main screen, here it will say, for example, > “Chapter 17 of 25” but it would be nice if Voiceover announced the > highlighting in the Chapters and Bookmarks section as well. > > In the update from a few days ago the mention accessibility improvements as > part of a list of “minor improvements”, but I am not sure what this refers to > specifically. > > I will write another feedback message to Audible because they really have > done a fantastic job with the app, but I’ll continue to point out that issue > with the Chapters and Bookmarks page. I would also love it if they put an > option in the sleep timer similar to what the iTired app offers which is a > subtle sound maybe 10 or 15 seconds before the sleep timer stops playback and > if at that point you are still awake and want to continue to listen pushing a > button like volume up or down should reset the sleep timer to whatever > interval you chose, e.g. 8 minutes, 15 minutes etc. > iTired is such a brilliant and simple sleep timer and I really wonder why > this functionality to reset the timer before it expires is not something more > developers include into the sleep timers in their apps. iTired unfortunately > only works with the stock Music app and not with third-party apps like > Audible, Downcast etc. > > Anybody who wants to write to Audible, the email address is > [email protected]. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > 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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