Hi Wayne, I am just reading the first part of a book with 3 parts and you are correct, if I go back once from the Now Playing screen to where all 3 parts of the book are listed the progress indicator only shows up for the first part. However, I think this is by design. Voiceover reads that information as follows:
Part 1 by Kevin Anderson, narrated by David Collacci, 1 hour 18 mins lef Progress, 81% Part 2 by Kevin Anderson, narrated by David Colacci, 5 hours 38 mins Part 3 by Kevin Anderson, narrated by David Collacci, 6 hours 44 mins I believe in the previous version Voiceover would have announced "Progress, 0%" after the second and third part, but to me it makes sense that it doesn't do this since I am reading the book starting at Part 1 and I know that Part 2 and 3 are not even started. In fact, if you back up one more screen to the main listing of books that are downloaded to the device, it used to read "Progress, 0%" for those books that weren't started yet. This is no longer the case; now Voiceover reads the title, author, narrator and total time of the book and only gives a progress indicator for a book that has been started. I quite like this because it gives you a simple and clean list you can flick through. However, if I look at the listing of my library in the Cloud, I see some inconsistencies. Voiceover will not read the "Progress, 0%" indicator after a book that has not been started which is consistent with the parts screen and I think as it should be. However, for books it announces as finished, there still is a "Progress, 100%" after the book title. In fact, I just noticed a couple of books I finished and it says for one book there is 1 minute and 27 seconds left, it then says "Finished" and "Progress, 100%". For 2 other books I finished recently and for which I know for a fact that I let it play to the final "Audible hopes you enjoyed this production" Voiceover tells me there are 27 mins 7 seconds and 29 mins, respectively, left and for both it shows "Progress, 98%". There seems to be some inconsistency in how the app keeps track of the time remaining and I'll report this to Audible. I think once a book is Finished it should just read the title, author, narrator and then the total time of the book followed by "Finished". Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 8:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Thoughts on the latest Audible update I like the new update. I have noticed, and htis may not be related to the update in any way, but the progress indicator on the screen that lists each part of the book, is missing from the last part. Many of the books I get are 2 parts. I can flick right through the screen and hear the progress of part 1. But after I pass part 2, instead of a progress indicator I move to the next item. I haven't explored that particular screen to see if it is showing up at all or if VO is just skipping it for some reason. Not a big deal, but I do recall being able to view the progress of both parts of the books before the update. I do really like the indicationof which chapter you are on when listening to a book, and like the announcement of "Chapter 6 of 12." Regards, Wayne On 6/21/13, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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. > > > -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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