For what it's worth, I am enjoying reading it as well. If you haven't grabbed the supplemental downloads, you really should, as they complement the material in the book. this is really going to help me utilize my track pad the way I wanted to in the first place! Cait
On Jul 20, 2014, at 8:39 PM, Tom Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I had quite a time downloading the book for some reason, and iBooks told me > that the book was there but I couldn't see it. When I finally was able to > locate and open it, I found that reading it was very easy, especially with my > BrailleNote Apex. Thanks for the tip regarding this book; I'm really going > to enjoy it. > > Tom > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Hardy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 4:38 PM > Subject: RE: Free Book for Users of iBooks/Mastering the Macintosh with > Voiceover > > > Hi Joseph, what iOS device are you using? iBooks should have no edit field > to worry about. Simply touch the screen somewhere in the text area (or > left/right swipe to get there) then swipe down with two fingers to begin > continuous reading. VoiceOver will continuously read the book without you > even needing to turn the pages. > > Grant > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Joseph FreeTech > Sent: July 18, 2014 6:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Free Book for Users of iBooks/Mastering the Macintosh with > Voiceover > > I ran a search for this Mastering the Macintosh with VoiceOver book in > Bookshare and did not find it. > > I have never used iBooks, so thought this would be a great chance to > download it and take it for a test drive on my iOS device. > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8 > > I was able to install iBooks very easily, and I was able to download the > book for free: > iTunes - Books - Mastering the Macintosh with VoiceOver by Tim Sniffen > https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/mastering-macintosh-voiceover/id899197795?m > t=11 > > iBooks is such a headache that I didn't get beyond page 3 before I concluded > that I was not going to struggle with the iOS' annoying edit field nonsense. > > I guess you can guess how I feel about having to enter an edit field then > accidentally be taken out of it only to struggle to return where I left off > in my document. I love my iDevice, but I really, really, and I mean really > dislike the annoying edit field one must enter when navigating or editing a > document--way too easy to lose one's place. I'll jus leave IBooks alone as > I'm sure it will come in handy at some point in the future. > > I guess I just wanted to write and confirm that indeed this book is free for > the ibook users out there. <Smile>. > > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "'David Goldfield' via VIPhone" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 5:11 PM > Subject: Free Book for Users of iBooks/Mastering the Macintosh with > Voiceover > > > I just got a note about this from one of my Twitter contacts. This book is > available free for users of iBooks. I haven't checked to see whether it's > available from other places, such as Kindle or Bookshare. 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