That makes perfect sense. Sorry for my confusion. Penny On 7/23/13, Kirsten Edmondson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Teresa, you have confirmed my suspicions. > Penny, I think you might be referring to books which are now called Google > play books. I have an app for those which works well, as well as Kindle of > course and nook and IBooks. I think, in that regard, I have every app Going > for the purposes of book reading. Oh well, I will buy a printed copy and > scan it in with ViewScan and the Mac… LOL > Thanks > > > Kirsten > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 23 Jul 2013, at 16:20, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> As far as I understand it, Kirsten's reference was to the books that are >> searchable in google, which are not ebooks. These are scanned images from >> books, and aren't readable with an accessible app or screen-reader. >> >> Teresa >> On Jul 23, 2013, at 6:42 AM, Penny Reeder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>>> > > -- > 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. > > >
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