Hi Esther, Yes, it was from your message that prompted me to get that app. I appreciate all the notices for free or discounted apps. Thanks. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <mori...@mac-access.net> To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 7:11 PM Subject: Reading eBooks on the iPhone [was Re: BookMark the app]
Hi Glenn, You can have speech rate as one of your rotor options. If it's not already one of the rotor options go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor and make sure that "Speech Rate" is selected. Then, you can set the rotor to speech rate and flick down to lower the speech rate in 5% intervals. Voice Dream Reader has a slider setting that allows you to set the speech rates and selected voice individually for the books you are reading, which is another reason I like that app. By the way, the Bookmark app you got is designed for playing audiobooks and podcasts that are in the music app. If you want to learn more about it, you can read my archived list post from November 6: • Bookmark App for iOS is free today http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/msg22573.html HTH. Cheers, Esther On Nov 30, 2013, at 2:44 PM, Glenn wrote: > Esther or others, > Is there a way to adjust the voice for iBooks? > I set my VoiceOver voice rather fast, but I really don't want to read a > book > like that. > Thanks. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Esther" > To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 4:08 PM > Subject: Re: BookMark the app > > > Hi Glenn, > > Sarah's instructions will work for opening either PDFs or ePub ebooks from > Dropbox into iBooks. Just select the PDF eBook you want to transfer and > use > the export button. The other way you can handle this is by mailing the > eBook as an attachment to yourself. When you double tap on the > attachment, > you'll bring up an "Open in" window with options to either open the > attachment in a default app, which might be iBooks, and a second "Open > in …" > button that when you double tap it, gives you a list of other compatible > apps on your iPhone that you can open the attachment in. > > I highly recommend getting Voice Dream Reader while it is on sale for half > price ($4.99 instead of $9.99 through this Sunday), because it will handle > all the document formats you mention (not just PDF, but text and RTF > files, > ePub, DAISY 2.02, etc.) and let you set up separate voices and voice > speeds > for each book, as well as remember your place, and many other features, > including direct downloads from Bookshare (if you are a member) and > searches > from Gutenberg. > > • Voice Dream Reader - Text to Speech (on sale for $4.99, regularly $9.99) > by Voice Dream LLC > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-dream-reader-text-to/id496177674?mt=8 > > This app is only infrequently on sale, and is so worth it! > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Nov 30, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Glenn wrote: > >> Sarah, >> I don't find an ePub in DropBox. >> Glenn >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sarah k Alawami" >> To: "mac access list iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> >> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 2:47 PM >> Subject: Re: BookMark the app >> >> >> 1. launch dropbox. >> >> 2 choose the ePub. >> >> 3. double tap it >> >> 4. wait for it to show something. >> >> 5. press export >> >> 6. choose ibooks. >> >> Tc. >> >> >> On Nov 30, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Glenn wrote: >> >>> Sarah, >>> I do have iBooks, and I was wondering how I can easiest put the book >>> into >>> iBooks. >>> I did already put the book into DropBox, but I don't know if I can get >>> it >>> from there to iBooks. >>> I am hoping to avoid iTunes here. >>> Glenn >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Sarah k Alawami" >>> To: "mac access list iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 1:30 PM >>> Subject: Re: BookMark the app >>> >>> >>> There’s ibooks that will read ebooks nicely. an dpdfs as well. >>> >>> Good luck. >>> On Nov 30, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Glenn wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> I recently got the app called BookMark. >>>> As I opened the app on my iPhone, it appears that it only works with >>>> audio >>>> files. >>>> I recently bought an eBook called Monumental Myths, which is in PDF >>>> format. >>>> I have converted it to RTF and to TXT, but perhaps it reads better in >>>> the >>>> original PDF within an app. >>>> My question is, will BookMark read an eBook, or is there a native app >>>> on >>>> the >>>> iPhone for eBookks? >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Glenn >>>> >> > <--- 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/>. 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