Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
HI I totally love to read and apple has a fairly good selection. It will be nice to read ibooks on either my phone or mac and have the 2 sinc. Maria Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi On 28/06/2013, at 3:36 AM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
Hey Jane, I thought Bookshare was something completely different than NLS. Can you apply for a Bookshare account once you are with NLS? Thanks On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: They don't accept your registration with NLS? Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Jane. I had looked into Bookshare, but would first need to get a letter from my doc, and I think it was more costly than the amount of books I read in a year, but it might be something I want to look into again. On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: You can subscribe to Bookshare, too, and maybe the series will be there. If so you can download as MP3 audio to play on your player, though the quality will be that of synthesized speech. Still, better than nothing. Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jane, Thanks for the quick response, and that is what I thought everyone was so excited about, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as I am not an avid reader, and just use the NLS player for all of my books, and they offer more than enough content for me. Of course, the one series of books I did want to read, they didn't have. Go figure. On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
I think that's what I did. Go to www.bookshare.org and click on membership I think. If you are really stuck, try supp...@bookshare.org They may take a bit to get back to you, but they can help you. Jane On Jun 28, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jane, I thought Bookshare was something completely different than NLS. Can you apply for a Bookshare account once you are with NLS? Thanks On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: They don't accept your registration with NLS? Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Jane. I had looked into Bookshare, but would first need to get a letter from my doc, and I think it was more costly than the amount of books I read in a year, but it might be something I want to look into again. On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: You can subscribe to Bookshare, too, and maybe the series will be there. If so you can download as MP3 audio to play on your player, though the quality will be that of synthesized speech. Still, better than nothing. Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jane, Thanks for the quick response, and that is what I thought everyone was so excited about, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as I am not an avid reader, and just use the NLS player for all of my books, and they offer more than enough content for me. Of course, the one series of books I did want to read, they didn't have. Go figure. On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
Thanks Jane will give it a try On Jun 28, 2013, at 4:01 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I think that's what I did. Go to www.bookshare.org and click on membership I think. If you are really stuck, try supp...@bookshare.org They may take a bit to get back to you, but they can help you. Jane On Jun 28, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jane, I thought Bookshare was something completely different than NLS. Can you apply for a Bookshare account once you are with NLS? Thanks On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: They don't accept your registration with NLS? Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Jane. I had looked into Bookshare, but would first need to get a letter from my doc, and I think it was more costly than the amount of books I read in a year, but it might be something I want to look into again. On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: You can subscribe to Bookshare, too, and maybe the series will be there. If so you can download as MP3 audio to play on your player, though the quality will be that of synthesized speech. Still, better than nothing. Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jane, Thanks for the quick response, and that is what I thought everyone was so excited about, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as I am not an avid reader, and just use the NLS player for all of my books, and they offer more than enough content for me. Of course, the one series of books I did want to read, they didn't have. Go figure. On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
Ibooks Coming to the Mac
Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
Hey Jane, Thanks for the quick response, and that is what I thought everyone was so excited about, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as I am not an avid reader, and just use the NLS player for all of my books, and they offer more than enough content for me. Of course, the one series of books I did want to read, they didn't have. Go figure. On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
Wow. You can reply off list, but what books do you read from iBooks? I'd surely not have enough money to buy 100 books or more. sent from my Mac Mini with iCloud. Devin prater email and iMessage: d.pra...@me.com or r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com Skype: devinprater msn: devinpra...@live.com On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
IMHO, iBooks and vo together are the most elegant solutions we have for reading for us. VoiceOver turns pages as it reads. Very elegant. Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates Louie P. (Pete) Nalda Http://www.myspace.com/lpnalda Http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda Http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter @lpnalda On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
I have well over a hundred books from Kobo on my iPhone and on my Mac, and I'm rapidly increasing the size of my Kindle library. I don't buy very many iBooks as I'm in France, and the choice of English language books is limited. So my iBooks library is limited to books in French, apart from the ones I've created myself from scans. Cheers, Anne -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
Kindle works very like iBooks on the iPhone. It even makes the same page-turning sound. I prefer Kobo on the iPhone as it reads straight through one chapter at a time without making that noise. And because it stops at the end of a chapter, I don't mind falling asleep listening since I know there won't be too many pages to go back to find the last part I can remember. Cheers, Anne On 27 Jun 2013, at 19:55, Pete Nalda lpna...@gmail.com wrote: IMHO, iBooks and vo together are the most elegant solutions we have for reading for us. VoiceOver turns pages as it reads. Very elegant. Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
You can subscribe to Bookshare, too, and maybe the series will be there. If so you can download as MP3 audio to play on your player, though the quality will be that of synthesized speech. Still, better than nothing. Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jane, Thanks for the quick response, and that is what I thought everyone was so excited about, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as I am not an avid reader, and just use the NLS player for all of my books, and they offer more than enough content for me. Of course, the one series of books I did want to read, they didn't have. Go figure. On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
VO turns pages in the Kindle app, as well, thankfully! But yes, VoiceOver and various reading solutions are great. Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Pete Nalda lpna...@gmail.com wrote: IMHO, iBooks and vo together are the most elegant solutions we have for reading for us. VoiceOver turns pages as it reads. Very elegant. Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates Louie P. (Pete) Nalda Http://www.myspace.com/lpnalda Http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda Http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter @lpnalda On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
HI Brian, Yes, iBooks is mainly for reading books, though it's also a nice way to read any unprotected PDF files. It's generally a really good PDF and eBook reader, and it makes available a lot of books that aren't available elsewhere in audiobook format or from other libraries that cater to the blind. Currently, the best way to read DRM protected eBooks on the Mac is with Adobe Digital Editions, but this is not the easiest to navigate. So iBooks on the Mac will hopefully offer a whole new range of content which can be accessibly read on the Mac. Podcasts and RSS readers are great, but they don't have the same content as can be found on the various eBook stores. Same goes for the other libraries available to the blind which generally have relatively limited content. So, sounds like you're not missing out on anything if you're not a big reader. :) I'm really looking forward to Amazon making the Kindle app accessible on the Mac. Having both Kindle and iBooks on OS X and iOS would be brilliant. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
Hi all, When will these apps be accessible on the Mack? Thank Becky Sabo -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicholas Parsons Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 12:56 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac HI Brian, Yes, iBooks is mainly for reading books, though it's also a nice way to read any unprotected PDF files. It's generally a really good PDF and eBook reader, and it makes available a lot of books that aren't available elsewhere in audiobook format or from other libraries that cater to the blind. Currently, the best way to read DRM protected eBooks on the Mac is with Adobe Digital Editions, but this is not the easiest to navigate. So iBooks on the Mac will hopefully offer a whole new range of content which can be accessibly read on the Mac. Podcasts and RSS readers are great, but they don't have the same content as can be found on the various eBook stores. Same goes for the other libraries available to the blind which generally have relatively limited content. So, sounds like you're not missing out on anything if you're not a big reader. :) I'm really looking forward to Amazon making the Kindle app accessible on the Mac. Having both Kindle and iBooks on OS X and iOS would be brilliant. -- 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
Thanks Jane. I had looked into Bookshare, but would first need to get a letter from my doc, and I think it was more costly than the amount of books I read in a year, but it might be something I want to look into again. On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: You can subscribe to Bookshare, too, and maybe the series will be there. If so you can download as MP3 audio to play on your player, though the quality will be that of synthesized speech. Still, better than nothing. Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jane, Thanks for the quick response, and that is what I thought everyone was so excited about, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as I am not an avid reader, and just use the NLS player for all of my books, and they offer more than enough content for me. Of course, the one series of books I did want to read, they didn't have. Go figure. On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
They don't accept your registration with NLS? Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Jane. I had looked into Bookshare, but would first need to get a letter from my doc, and I think it was more costly than the amount of books I read in a year, but it might be something I want to look into again. On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: You can subscribe to Bookshare, too, and maybe the series will be there. If so you can download as MP3 audio to play on your player, though the quality will be that of synthesized speech. Still, better than nothing. Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jane, Thanks for the quick response, and that is what I thought everyone was so excited about, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as I am not an avid reader, and just use the NLS player for all of my books, and they offer more than enough content for me. Of course, the one series of books I did want to read, they didn't have. Go figure. On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. For more options, visit https
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
Thanks. for letting me know. Yeah, there are only so many hours in the day, and while I did enjoy reading years ago, I always seem to be behind on all my other content. I would like to thank Google Reader for going away, as I spent plenty of time making sure all of my feeds got transferred. Damn Google they are the bain of my existence. HA On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: HI Brian, Yes, iBooks is mainly for reading books, though it's also a nice way to read any unprotected PDF files. It's generally a really good PDF and eBook reader, and it makes available a lot of books that aren't available elsewhere in audiobook format or from other libraries that cater to the blind. Currently, the best way to read DRM protected eBooks on the Mac is with Adobe Digital Editions, but this is not the easiest to navigate. So iBooks on the Mac will hopefully offer a whole new range of content which can be accessibly read on the Mac. Podcasts and RSS readers are great, but they don't have the same content as can be found on the various eBook stores. Same goes for the other libraries available to the blind which generally have relatively limited content. So, sounds like you're not missing out on anything if you're not a big reader. :) I'm really looking forward to Amazon making the Kindle app accessible on the Mac. Having both Kindle and iBooks on OS X and iOS would be brilliant. -- 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
Wow, that is a lot of books, especially if you bought them all. This is an invite to anybody who wants them. I have a library of 9000 books, in mobi format whitch is what the kindle reads, and epub whitch is what iBooks reads. If anyone wants this collection, contact me off list kliph...@gmail.com screen reader users, please check the spelling of the email, my name is not spelled the triditional way. \c On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Ibooks Coming to the Mac
OH, let me also point out that you can add the epub books to iTunes and they will show up in your collections section of iBooks once you choose and sink the ones you want. The mobi whitch is for kindle cannot be imported, you actually have to have a physical kindle to import them to your library, drag and drop them in your documents section of your kindle, and then they will show up in your books library. HTH Kliphton Senior (iMessageEmail) kliph...@icloud.com (Twitter,instagram,foursquareSkype) kliphton72 [Text only] 914-820-2298 (Personal blog-read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com www.linkedin.com/pub/kliphton-miller/71/896/a0 http://facebook.com/kliphandsharrie On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks collection! Jane On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what I might be missing out on here. Thanks. -- 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. 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
