Hi Andrew, I've not had as much success with the iPad version of the Kobo app. I can't seem to get past the log in screne, so I've sort of given up for now. It could just be me, but I find the iPhone version easier to use.
Lisette On 4/03/2013, at 9:26 PM, Andrew Lamanche <andrew.laman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Lisette and Esther, > > Thank you very much for the explanations and tips regarding reading drm > protected ebooks on the mac and idevices. Do you know whether I can use the > kobo app with my iPad 2? > > Also, I've been having lots of crashes of Voiceover in adobe digital edition > when trying to interact with the page that's currently being read. Reading > the archives of the list in googlegroups regarding adobe digital edition, I > can see that others have had a similar experience. I must admit that the > inability of reading by line is a definite drawback especially with academic > books but thanks Esther for the tip of copying a whole page spoken with > vo+shift+c and pasting it into a text reader for more detailed examination. > It is a solution for now. I'm delighted though that adobe digital solution > has been improved. > > With many thanks again. > > Andrew > On 3 Mar 2013, at 20:13, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > >> Today's Topic Summary >> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics >> >> • how do I turn off "1 row added" in voiceover? [3 Updates] >> • Getting email to sink up [2 Updates] >> • Turning RTF into a navigable Epub [1 Update] >> • MLB spring training games [8 Updates] >> • Keyboard toggle between 2 keyboards [1 Update] >> • VoiceOver and HTML [1 Update] >> • How to open a .bin file. [1 Update] >> • Handbreak Settings [2 Updates] >> • Arrangement Track in GarageBand [1 Update] >> • Crashing Chrome with Chromevox [1 Update] >> • Reading epub drm protected books from kobo and similar with voiceover >> [4 Updates] >> how do I turn off "1 row added" in voiceover? >> Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> Mar 02 08:34PM -0700 >> >> hey guys, >> >> I keep getting the "1 row added" indication in mail (and other appps). this >> is rather annoying and interrupts my reading an email or tweet. it means >> that I have to go back and start reading it again. any way to turn this off? >> >> -eric >> >> Danny Noonan <da...@familynoonan.net> Mar 03 09:47PM +1100 >> >> You write to apple and hope your request is the one they listen too. There >> are a few things like this that should be easily turned off in verbosetey >> but never seem to be addressed. >> >> The more of us write to apple, the more chance something will finally be >> done about this and other such issues. >> >> >> >> Danny. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> Mar 03 12:53PM -0700 >> >> there is a problem sending mail to apple. their support email isn't >> monitored and they respond that I should use the web interface. that leads >> me in circles. so, which address should I use? >> >> -eric >> >> On Mar 3, 2013, at 3:47 AM, Danny Noonan wrote: >> >> >> Getting email to sink up >> "Jed Barton" <j...@jedbarton.com> Mar 02 05:57PM -0500 >> >> Hey guys, >> >> OK, I'm hoping someone can help me out. >> I wanna get my email to sink with my iphone, but appear to be having some >> imap and setting issues between my mac and iphone. Is anyone around >> tonight, to perhaps get on skype and go through some settings? >> >> Thanks, >> Jed >> >> "Jonathan C. Cohn" <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> Mar 03 02:30PM -0500 >> >> Did you get any help? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> Turning RTF into a navigable Epub >> Jane <juanitatig...@gmail.com> Mar 03 01:42PM -0500 >> >> I have an RTF file that I want to convert into an iBook with proper chapter >> and sections that I can navigate to from the table of contents. How do I set >> this up in TextEdit before I export to epub? Or do I need to use Pages for >> this? What tips or suggestions do you have? >> >> Since I don't want to clog the list with replies, please email me off-list >> at: >> >> juanitatig...@gmail.com >> >> Much appreciated! >> >> Jane >> >> MLB spring training games >> ppowell...@aol.com Mar 02 05:33PM -0600 >> >> I quit messing with the spring-training games on my computer years ago. I >> use the app. Much easier to navigate. >> >> Pam Francis >> >> On Mar 2, 2013, at 3:00 PM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: >> >> Dano what to tell you. The player is in flash and won't even show up on your >> computer unless you have flash installed. our feelings about it make no >> difference one way or the other, but at least there are hotkeys, as well as >> a stand alone version with accessible controls, and the audio quality is a >> significant improvement over the old silverlite version. may'z well not wine >> about it and get on with the game. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the >> ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog >> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> Mar 02 07:45PM -0500 >> >> I hardcore want this for my android phone. It's perfectly accessible and >> streamlined and to be honest, I'm out when the came is on quite a lot. It's >> 20 bucks for the app though, are you kidding me? Essentially double the >> price of a subscription just for mobile device support. It's really >> outrageous. >> >> Best, >> Erik Burggraaf >> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the >> ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog >> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> >> ppowell...@aol.com Mar 02 11:09PM -0600 >> >> Hi folks, >> If I'm not mistaken, the money you pay for the app, also get you access >> through your computer. I don't think they charged twice. Login to your MLB >> account with your username and password and take advantage of the >> subscription on your computer or phone. >> >> Pam Francis >> >> On Mar 2, 2013, at 6:45 PM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: >> >> I hardcore want this for my android phone. It's perfectly accessible and >> streamlined and to be honest, I'm out when the came is on quite a lot. It's >> 20 bucks for the app though, are you kidding me? Essentially double the >> price of a subscription just for mobile device support. It's really >> outrageous. >> >> Best, >> Erik Burggraaf >> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the >> ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog >> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> Mar 03 07:04AM -0500 >> >> I paid on my computer, but this week when I logged in on my phone to listen >> it wouldn't let me into the audio section. Once I logged in it gave me a >> screen that asked me to buy the pro version. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the >> ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog >> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> >> Juliette <jmswi...@samobile.net> Mar 03 06:43AM -0600 >> >> I have another question related to this. When I log on via my Apple TV and >> select today's games, I can't seem to get games for 2013. It still shows >> games for 2012. What have I done wrong? >> >> Juliette >> >> >> Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> Mar 03 07:50AM -0500 >> >> You haven't done anything wrong. The games are not available yet. For some >> reason, AppleTV is one of the devices that doesn't have the games up yet. >> Keep checking though, they say that they'll be ready by the beginning of the >> season. I sure hope so. >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Mar 03 08:54AM -0500 >> >> Hello, >> >> This is correct. But, those who subscribe from their computer, do not have >> access on their other devices. MLB is aware of the issue, There will >> probably be a fix in the next update of At Bat I'm guessing. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rica...@appletothecore.info >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> >> Juliette <jmswi...@samobile.net> Mar 03 10:32AM -0600 >> >> I appreciate your help. >> >> Juliette >> >> >> Keyboard toggle between 2 keyboards >> Mary-Jo Lord <maryjo.lord...@gmail.com> Mar 03 10:20AM -0500 >> >> Thanks. I'll give that a try. >> >> VoiceOver and HTML >> Chris Moore <apple.geek.ch...@gmail.com> Mar 03 01:08PM >> >> Yes this is definitely a bug, and and for ARIA landmarks, you have to >> specify a role within the div tag. >> >> You can read more about this here: >> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Using_ARIA_landmarks_to_identify_regions_of_a_page >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> >> >> How to open a .bin file. >> Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> Mar 03 07:38AM -0500 >> >> I've just downloaded a bunch of Sega Genesis roms and had no idea the folder >> was a .bin file, and now have no idea how to open it. Can anyone help out >> here? >> >> Handbreak Settings >> Emilio Hernandez <emilio.s.hernan...@gmail.com> Mar 02 10:42PM -0600 >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am putting movies I have purchased on to my computer, but what settings do >> I need to enable, so these videos can be played on my iDevice? >> I am not sure if the settings I need to interact with are found in the >> preferences drawer, r if they are found elsewhere. >> >> Thanks for any help anyone can provide. >> >> "Kliphton" <kliph...@gmail.com> Mar 02 11:46PM -0600 >> >> I also have a question about this app. How do you select multiple tracks >> like on a DVD that is a TV series? I wouldn't want to have to do it >> individually, that could be pretty time consuming. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Emilio Hernandez >> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 10:43 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Handbreak Settings >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am putting movies I have purchased on to my computer, but what settings do >> I need to enable, so these videos can be played on my iDevice? >> I am not sure if the settings I need to interact with are found in the >> preferences drawer, r if they are found elsewhere. >> >> Thanks for any help anyone can provide. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> Arrangement Track in GarageBand >> Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> Mar 03 03:31PM +1100 >> >> That is a shame,. It would make life so much easier. Looks like a great >> feature indeed. I hope they fix this in an update. I'll go write Apple >> Accessibility about it right now. >> >> Crashing Chrome with Chromevox >> "BBS" <bigbigshawn....@gmail.com> Mar 02 07:41PM -0600 >> >> Yep. That's your problem. Remember, Samantha is a Nuance Vocalizer voice and >> in my previous post I said that the Nuance voices don't play well with >> Chromevox. I would suggest you switch to Alex or if you still want Samantha >> as your system voice, there's a good US English voice in the Chrome >> Webstore. It's free to download. I have her and she's awesome. >> >> Shawn >> Sent from my white MacBook >> >> Reading epub drm protected books from kobo and similar with voiceover >> Lisette Wesseling <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> Mar 03 11:07AM +1300 >> >> Hi Andrew >> I read Kobo books on my iPhone with the Kobo app which is free from the App >> store. Now that the ibooks store is finally available in New Zealand, I read >> kobo books less and less because they are not as accessible as iBooks. That >> said, if you choose the epub version of the book at purchase, the book will >> download into the app very nicely. You can read the book either by flicking >> to the right to read each line, or doing a two finger swipe down to read the >> whole chapter. You can't get word or character navigation, but I have found >> reading Kobo books with a braille display works really nicely, and almost >> prefer that to listening with speech because you can navigate more easily. >> The app itself is definitely usable but takes a bit of figuring out. >> It's not my first choice of ebooks anymore, but if nothing else is available >> I'll take anything and work with it. >> I've not tried reading them on my Mac so can't help you there. >> Let me know if I can help further with the iPhone app. >> >> Lisette >> >> >> Esther <mori...@mac.com> Mar 02 01:20PM -1000 >> >> Hello Andrew, >> >> Lisette is correct, the current version of the Kobo eBook reader app is >> accessible if you use it on an iPhone or an iPod Touch. You need to purchase >> the eBooks from the Kobo web site, but with your account login, they'll >> appear in your library when you're using the Kobo app on your iPhone. You >> also have the option of downloading a copy of the book to your computer, but >> the format will be ePub with Adobe Digital Editions DRM. (This is the most >> common type of DRM you are likely to encounter, but it is different from the >> Fairplay 2 DRM used by Apple's iBooks). You can read your eBooks in the Kobo >> app fairly easily, but you don't get word or character navigation on the >> touch screen. One bonus is that you also don't get the reading pause at the >> end of a page that you find with iBooks, while it does a simulated page turn >> graphic. I have to say that the latest version of the Kobo app, which again >> had a major revision just before the holidays, looks as though it is not >> accessible when you first download it, and before you log into your account. >> In the top half of the screen, there appear to be just a series of unlabeled >> buttons, which are apparently random book suggestions. Once you log in, >> these become titles under "My Recent Reads" from your Library. >> >> You will need to do a one-time setup to configure your library and reading >> preferences. This involves going into the toolbar settings for reading a >> book, and setting the page transition style to "Scrolling", which makes it >> easy to navigate to the next (or previous) chapter, and which also lets you >> navigate even if you land on a page graphic, such as a cover image, map, or >> illustration. You'll also want to set your library display to list view, >> instead of shelf view, for easier access to browsing and searching for >> titles. Since the instructions for doing this can vary slightly with >> different versions of the app, this is usually where a new user will >> stumble, since anyone who has already used the app and set up their library >> this way won't need to bother with this (or even remember how to do this.) >> However, I can assure you that this is doable, since I tried a clean install >> for the latest version of the Kobo app on an iPhone 5. >> >> If you want to read eBooks with ADE DRM on your Mac, you'll need to download >> the Adobe Digital Editions software from: >> http://www.adobe.com/products/digital-editions.html >> >> You'll also need to follow their instructions for getting an Adobe ID. >> Again, the current screen reading experience is still limited, since you >> can't navigate by paragraph, line, word, or character in the Mac version, >> though I'm told that the latest Windows version of the app does allow you to >> do some of this. One work-around is that you can use the VO-Shift-C shortcut >> to copy the last read page to a TextEdit window, where you do have these >> navigations options. The reading experience is not bad for literature, but I >> wouldn't want to try reading, say, a computer programming manual this way. >> >> You can also read eBooks with Adobe Digital Editions DRM in the OverDrive >> Media Console app on your iPhone, but the eBook reading experience is better >> in the Kobo app. I've only used OverDrive Media Console to directly borrow >> and download audiobooks and eBooks from my public library (with a library >> card ID account number to use as a login). The audiobook borrowing >> experience is better than the eBook reading experience with OverDrive Media >> Console. This is just a statement that there is an option to read such >> eBooks with DRM on your iPhone. >> >> I've generally found the most detailed recent discussions of these topics on >> the mac-access list. >> >> If you want to set up reading with the Kobo app, Anne Robertson wrote out >> some instructions in a comment post at the AppleVis site: >> http://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/books/kobo-books >> >> If you want to read how to change your Kobo library organization to list >> view, you can read that in one of my mac-access list post in the Mail >> Archives: >> • Re: Latest Kobo App on iPhone [Was Re: Help with Adob Digital Editions] >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access%40mac-access.net/msg15572.html >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> >> On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:07, Lisette Wesseling wrote: >> >> >> Lisette Wesseling <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> Mar 03 01:18PM +1300 >> >> Esther, >> Do you know if voice dream can read Kobo books? >> >> >> Esther <mori...@mac.com> Mar 02 03:17PM -1000 >> >> Hi Lisette, >> >> Voice Dream Reader can't read Kobo ebooks because of the DRM. It can be used >> for DRM-free ePub books, though. Kobo handles your authorization for the ADE >> DRM through your initial account setup and purchase records. Apps like >> OverDrive Media Console make you apply for an Adobe ID that is associated >> with your account, and that can be linked to library or other downloads. If >> you buy eBooks from publishers who do not use DRM, they can be read in Voice >> Dream Reader. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Mar 2, 2013, at 14:18, Lisette Wesseling wrote: >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group >> macvisionaries. >> You can post via email. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message. >> For more options, visit this group. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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