Sieghard, You are correct on the progress announcements. When you are in part 2 or part 3 of those books, do you get progress announcements? I understand why it would not tell you if you were listening to the first part. My point was that when hearing part 2 of 2, I was not finding the progress announcements. Not a deal breaker, but interesting why that isn't spoken too.
Regards, Wayne On 6/21/13, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > > > OK, I had tried the double tap and hold before, but now after you explained > it I did so again and I did finally get it to work, but I find it finicky. > > This is definitely not standard Voiceover behavior and I wonder why don't > just make the slider visible without having to tap the button. They could > have the Back button at the top left followed by the Product Info button, > then most of the rest of the top across to the right could be the volume > slider and at the very top right could be the Airplay button. Then you > could > just touch the slider and flick up or down for 10% jumps or double tap and > hold on it and move your finger left and right for smaller changes in > volume. I guess I'll suggest that as well in my next feedback message. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Richard Turner > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 5:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Thoughts on the latest Audible update > > > > 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. > > > > -- > 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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