Thanks. I've managed to download some books from Kobo and i'm reading them with Adobe Digital Editions 1.8 preview. Just to put it very clearly - you need to interact with the page, then make sure that quicknav is off, and then you can page back and forward with left and right. It works pretty well - although more control and the option for continuous reading is certainly missed. I think it is worth engaging with Adobe on sorting out these final niggles in what is a much-improved app for the Mac.
I'd also encourage people to write to apple to request iBooks for the Mac. The access potential is so huge - and it is really silly that it should be held up by small technicalities at this point. Jane wrote: > I just use the arrow keys for previous and next page. Left for previous, > right for next. > > Jane > > > On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:45 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > > Hello Max, > > > > I'm not Jane, but I've started using Adobe Digital Editions Preview. > > Theoretically, you can interact with the page and read using the usual VO > > reading commands. However, I find that every time I interact with the page, > > VO crashes. > > > > As for continuous reading, it isn't currently possible, but you can speed > > up page turning by creating your own shortcuts for Previous Page and Next > > Page. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Anne > > > > > > On 27 Jul 2011, at 15:37, Max wrote: > > > >> Thank you Jane. I downloaded Adobe Digital Editions 1.8 preview and it > >> seems to be quite accessible with Voice Over. At the moment i can > >> only read by page - but maybe i just haven't found the short cut keys > >> for reading by line etc yet. I'm also finding that after every page i > >> manually have to click on next page before it goes on. Do you know if > >> there is a setting to make pages turn automatically? > >> Either way, it is a massive improvement over the previous Digital > >> Editions App which wasn't at all accessible. > >> > >> > >> > >> Jane wrote: > >>> Hi there. Yes I am talking a bout 1.8 Beta for Adobe Digital Editions. > >>> > >>> As for Overdrive, not talking about those. I'm talking specifically > >>> about Kobo Books--I thought that's what the person was referring to. > >>> Overdrive books are supposed to be supported now with adobe 1.8. I have > >>> yet to find out, but I plan to--soon. > >>> > >>> Jane > >>> > >>> > >>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Esther wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi Jane, > >>>> > >>>> Wow, this must be the 1.8 beta that is supposed to add accessibility > >>>> support. According to the MacUpdate page, this was released July 20, > >>>> 2011. Is this usable? The current stable version of Adobe Digital > >>>> Editions (1.7.2) does not let VoiceOver read anything. The MacUpdate > >>>> reviews of this product (stable versions) by sighted users are at the > >>>> lowest ratings. Have things gotten better? On the iPad are you using > >>>> this with OverDrive? (since BlueFire Reader, the other app that supports > >>>> library downloadable ADE DRM renders even books without DRM protection > >>>> unreadable by VoiceOver). > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> > >>>> Esther > >>>> > >>>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 11:20, Jane wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I am currently using Adobe Digital Edition 1.8 to read books from Kobo > >>>>> on the Mac. I am also getting it to work on the iPad. It takes some > >>>>> fiddling, but you can read books from there with either the Mac or the > >>>>> iPad or other iDevice. > >>>>> > >>>>> Jane > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Max wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi. Can anyone give some advice on reading e-books on the Mac? > >>>>>> I've tried the Kindle and Kobo apps for Mac and they are both not > >>>>>> accessible. > >>>>>> I know that Stanza can read some DRM-free formats - but that only > >>>>>> takes you so far. > >>>>>> Are there any Mac solutions that are as easy to use and accessible as > >>>>>> iBooks on the iPhone? > >>>>>> Please help > >>>>>> Thanks > >>>>>> Max > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> 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. > >>>> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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