Hi Hank, There's a version of "Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard edition" from O'Reilly Media, Inc. that's available as an iPhone app for $4.99:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=325837189&mt=8 I don't know whether this is accessible through VO on the iPhone. From Josh's comments, the ebook versions that are offered through the Stanza app interface aren't quite accessible to VO. (I'm not quite sure what he meant by his impression that they were "almost accessible".) However, many ebooks offered as stand-alone apps for the iPhone do seem to be accessible. That said, someone who has an iPhone and is proficient with VO navigation would have to check out how easy it is to navigate to the various chapters, search for text, etc. There's also a version of Pogue's "iPhone: The Missing Manual, Third Edition" that cover the iPhone 3GS available as an iPhone app for $4.99: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=324601015&mt=8 When the last version was released, it was the top selling ebook over the of a few weeks after it was released. I assume this book may be of less use to VO users since it won't cover special tips for using the VO gestures, but it will give general informtion. Again, no information about VO accessibility here. The reason I would love to know whether Stanza is or can be made accessible to VoiceOver on the iPhone is that this is the major competitor for ebook usage to the Kindle, and that there are tons of both free and paid ebooks, all free of DRM, that can use this interface. I've read that some low vision users are using this app on the iPhone. If you look in the list archives, you'll see recommendations to both the O'Reilly books that are availble from Bookshare (including Pogue's Missing Manual series -- not just the volume for switching from Windows) and to the Take Control downloadable ebooks. For example, this November 2008 post even mentions "Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard edition" as being of possible interest to list members even though it was answering a point of someone who was coming into the Mac from a linux background with a suggestion of another O'Reilly book from Bookshare: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg44372.html (Mac OS X for Linux and Unix users) That post details the best way I've found to search for O'Reilly books at Bookshare and also notes that all O'Reilly books are available to international Bookshare users. Since the material is supplied directly from the publisher, who also maintains commercial on-line versions of the book and sells these in (non-DRM) PDF and other ebook formats, the content quality is high, and the available work is up to date. For Les, it's sometimes difficult to check the latest version of a book on Bookshare; you should always click on the title link and check the publish date. I usually also go directly to the O'Reilly pages: http://www.oreilly.com where you can also check whether a new edition may be coming out. Then I look for it in Bookshare. Another really excellent series are the "Take Control" books. You can try looking at their "Take Control of Switching to the Mac": http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/switching These are highly accessible guides in downloadable PDF format that typically list for $10. This format allows the authors to quickly issue updates, and when you purchase a guide you can check for the latest update and download it for free from the Web site until the next major revision (a couple of years later). Chances are, if you're on the mailing list, they'll tell you when the next major release comes out, and offer you a discount. Their web site allows you to download free samples of all their books, so you can see whether the content and style is likely to match your needs. Navigation supports links to relevant sections in Preview. HTH Cheers, Esther P.S. I don't have any of the Windows related Take Control books, but if I decided to install Fusion on my Mac, I would personally get their Take Control of VMWare Fusion. hank smith wrote: > > any other way to get it besides book share? > On Aug 5, 2009, at 2:26 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: > >> >> Hi Anna, >> >> Thanks very much for this resource. I went to bookshare and grabbed >> it and >> will be reading it on my Icon BP. I noticed there were 2 books, one >> for >> Tiger and one for Leopard which is the one I downloaded. Sounds >> like this >> will be right up my alley! >> >> Les >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
