Hi Esther -- Thanks for following up on this. I did get Kobo working on my iPhone after reading Anne's response on avis. It was a simple matter of my needing to login to my kobo account. Once I did that, my library became visible to VO, and when I logged out it became invisible again. I haven't messed with the iPad version in a while. Thanks for the warning on that one.
Cheers, Bryan On Jan 17, 2013, at 10:34 PM, Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> wrote: > Bryan, I meant to ask whether you can read with the latest version of Kobo > Books on your iPhone. I think this should work for you if you do a clean > reinstall of the app on your device, if it isn't already working. At the > time this question came up on list in December, I was still using an iPhone > 4, and because the person who wanted to use my iPhone 4 after I upgraded to > an iPhone 5 also wanted to be able to use the old Google Maps, that device > was still running the last version of iOS 5, and the version of the Kobo > Books app wasn't the latest update (i.e., it matched the navigation control > layout that Anne had on her "Kobo by FNAC" app, which was basically the > version 5.7 Kobo used in early October 2012 - not the one the version 5.9 > they came out with on December 17, 2012 for the question raised on the forum > and at AppleVis. > > I've upgraded to an iPhone 5 with the latest iOS version and was drafting an > answer about Kobo accessibility when Anne's answer about this showed up. > > So the answer is that you should be able to use Kobo Books on your iPhone. > There is a problem with accessibility in the current version on the iPad, > though. What's happening is that there is a button control in the top left > corner of the screen that VoiceOver doesn't see. This actually happened > before in one of the earlier versions of the app on the iPhone, but it really > only affected new users who couldn't set up their libraries in list view > without knowing about the control. If you get someone to tap on that button > with VoiceOver toggled off, and then toggle VO on again and do a two finger > flick up to "read all", you'll hear buttons for "settings","help", and > "refresh", followed by "home", "library", and "reading life". > > This is a mess, and I haven't tried to further investigate, but I think that > if you can set this up to get to your "Library" screen it might be usable. > The "home", "library", and "reading life" are not buttons, but are apparently > labels that are below buttons, just as on the iPhone Kobo home screen. > However, the buttons are not announced or seen by VoiceOve, and they're > small. Unlike the iPhone home screen, flicking to "library" and double > tapping does apparently take you to the library screen of the Kobo app on > your iPad. This really is messy, and I don't even see a good way to proceed > with enough diagnostics to describe the problem without getting sighted > assistance. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
