The first book I read on my IPhone was a Google book. I found the book, bought it, and then read it without any difficulty straight through. That was a couple of years ago, so I don't know if the app has changed, but my experience was quite good. Penny
On 7/23/13, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: > The Google books on the web that are not specifically ebooks are scanned > images. As far as I'm aware, the only thing you could try is scanning each > page and performing OCR on it. This seems extremely labor-intensive. Have > you looked for other sources? Unfortunately, it might almost be easier to > get a hardcopy outhe book if there are no ebook versions available > anywhere. > > Teresa > On Jul 22, 2013, at 4:51 PM, Kirsten Edmondson > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When I refer here, in the subject line, to accessibility or readability of >> Google books, I do not mean Google play books or any other related >> e-books. Google books seem to be set and I believe are either pictorial >> representations/graphical representations of the books and therefore are >> unreadable to screen readers such as voice-over. I have found a book I am >> desperately seeking but it is only available on Google books, andnot in >> any other format. Before I give up on it, I wanted to see if anybody has >> had any experiences of being able to read these books? Often, you canget >> a >> Previous page button and next page button but it does not seem to speak >> any of the actual text on the pages. This is my experience both with >> jawsand with VO on my iPhone. I just thought I'd check to see if anybody >> has had any different experiences. >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Kirsten >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> [email protected]. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> [email protected]. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> 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. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting 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.
