Re: OT: iOS 6 Disappointment!-iBooks store App Store

2013-02-16 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
their emothins and judgment can just reach out and keep going with a slightly new form. The App Store isn't easy and isn't accessible. The IBooks store is iffy and tedious to navigate as a blind user now and it didn't act that way before -- You received this message because you are subscribed

iBooks question

2013-02-01 Thread Richard Ring
I am reading a fairly lengthy textbook using iBooks. What I am wondering, is there a way to read a line at a time? Now, the first thing is, in my VoiceOver rotor settings the lines option is selected. However, while reading in iBooks, the lines option is not present on the rotor. Just saying

Re: iBooks question

2013-02-01 Thread Devin Prater
Try going to the book content before trying the roter. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 01/02/2013, at 6:32 AM, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: I am reading a fairly lengthy textbook using iBooks. What I am wondering, is there a way to read a line at a time? Now, the first thing

Re: iBooks question

2013-02-01 Thread Richard Ring
wrote: Try going to the book content before trying the roter. Sent from my iPod with iCloud On 01/02/2013, at 6:32 AM, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: I am reading a fairly lengthy textbook using iBooks. What I am wondering, is there a way to read a line at a time? Now, the first

Re: iBooks question

2013-02-01 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Rich, You are out of luck with trying to read by lines using speech. I have written to accessibility at Apple, and I hope you will do the same. It use to be possible, but they broke it in the last big update, which I think was about a year ago. Another thing I've noticed that works on Nook

Re: iBooks question

2013-02-01 Thread Richard Ring
Can you read lines with a Braille display? You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Feb 1, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rich, You are out of luck with trying to read by lines

Re: iBooks question

2013-02-01 Thread Mary Otten
Well, you can't read lines in the sense of using the rotor element, because it is absent when in the content area. But you can move around using the braille display within the page of the book and thus get chunks of text. I hope that made sense. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You

Re: iBooks question

2013-02-01 Thread Richard Ring
It made perfect sense, thanks. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Feb 1, 2013, at 11:19 AM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: Well, you can't read lines in the sense of using the rotor element,

Re: iBooks question

2013-02-01 Thread Lisette Wesseling
or down the screen does. Lisette On 2/02/2013, at 1:32 AM, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: I am reading a fairly lengthy textbook using iBooks. What I am wondering, is there a way to read a line at a time? Now, the first thing is, in my VoiceOver rotor settings the lines option

Re: IBooks Author

2013-01-27 Thread Jürgen Fleger
very often to get what you want. But of course this is just my experience and some others might have different ones. All the best Jürgen Am 27.01.2013 um 02:14 schrieb Joanne Chua shuang.an...@gmail.com: Hi All, Have anyone on this list use IBooks Author before? If so, how accessible and user

IBooks Author

2013-01-26 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi All, Have anyone on this list use IBooks Author before? If so, how accessible and user friendly for voiceover user. Thanks Regards Joanne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries

iBooks on the mac (was EBook reader for Mac?)

2012-12-12 Thread Alex Hall
I once read an article that put forth a theory for this. Consider that a great deal of Apple's iBooks are textbooks, and that people who read books (text or not) often do it while out and about, or on the couch, or at the table, or other places that aren't in front of their computers. Now

reading iBooks on the Mac?

2012-10-25 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Anyone know if there's a way to do this? TIA, Donna -- 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

Re: reading iBooks on the Mac?

2012-10-25 Thread Mary Otten
No, there is no way to read ibooks on the Mac so far as I am aware. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- 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

Re: reading iBooks on the Mac?

2012-10-25 Thread Donna Goodin
Ah, too bad. Thanks, Mary. Donna On Oct 25, 2012, at 10:29 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: No, there is no way to read ibooks on the Mac so far as I am aware. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[Maccessibility] iBooks 3.0 Includes Enhanced VoiceOver Support in PDF Documents

2012-10-23 Thread Maccessibility
Title: [Maccessibility] iBooks 3.0 Includes Enhanced VoiceOver Support in PDF Documents Maccessibility has posted a new item, 'iBooks 3.0 Includes Enhanced VoiceOver Support in PDF Documents' Apple has released iBooks 3.0, the latest version of their ebook platform for iOS devices. In addition

Saving Place in PdF In iBooks

2012-09-27 Thread Jane
How do I save my place in a PDF in iBooks? I am looking at some materials and I have to be able to pick up where i left off. I was on page 290 or so. Now I am back at the beginning of the document. How can I prevent this the next time I leave the book and come back to it?? Jane -- You

iBooks Author

2012-09-20 Thread Angie Giltinan
Hi all, Have any of you used iBooks author to put a book on the app store? I'm thinking about trying it, but would love a few pointers, or to know if it's even accessible. Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-16 Thread Ricardo Walker
just saw this on Cult of Mac. I haven't tried it, but it if it works then some of you would enjoy it. http://www.cultofmac.com/173945/how-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks-and-keep-your-library-in-the-cloud-how-to/?utm_medium=twitutm_campaign=spread-us - Austin -- You received

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-16 Thread Rose Morales
Jane On Jun 15, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Austin Seraphin wrote: I just saw this on Cult of Mac. I haven't tried it, but it if it works then some of you would enjoy it. http://www.cultofmac.com/173945/how-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks-and-keep-your-library-in-the-cloud-how-to/?utm_medium

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-16 Thread Donna Goodin
-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks-and-keep-your-library-in-the-cloud-how-to/?utm_medium=twitutm_campaign=spread-us - Austin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-16 Thread James Scholes
Ricardo Walker wrote: you can probably replace caliber with Stanza in the instructions given. Did you actually read the instructions? Because the method described for removing the DRM from Kindle books uses Calibre plug-ins, and I'm pretty sure Stanza doesn't have the same capabilities. I'm

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-16 Thread Aman Singer
to try. Jane Jane On Jun 15, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Austin Seraphin wrote: I just saw this on Cult of Mac. I haven't tried it, but it if it works then some of you would enjoy it. http://www.cultofmac.com/173945/how-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks-and-keep-your-library-in-the-cloud-how

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-16 Thread Allison Mervis
:31 PM, Austin Seraphin wrote: I just saw this on Cult of Mac. I haven't tried it, but it if it works then some of you would enjoy it. http://www.cultofmac.com/173945/how-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks-and-keep-your-library-in-the-cloud-how-to/?utm_medium=twitutm_campaign=spread-us

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-16 Thread Allison Mervis
enjoy it. http://www.cultofmac.com/173945/how-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks-and-keep-your-library-in-the-cloud-how-to/?utm_medium=twitutm_campaign=spread-us - Austin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post

RE: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-16 Thread Aman Singer
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Allison Mervis Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 7:22 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks But if you can't even register the Kindle software on the Mac without

How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-15 Thread Austin Seraphin
I just saw this on Cult of Mac. I haven't tried it, but it if it works then some of you would enjoy it. http://www.cultofmac.com/173945/how-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks-and-keep-your-library-in-the-cloud-how-to/?utm_medium=twitutm_campaign=spread-us - Austin -- You received this message

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-15 Thread Scott Rumery
I just don't think that it is worth all of this work. JMO Scott On Jun 15, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Austin Seraphin wrote: I just saw this on Cult of Mac. I haven't tried it, but it if it works then some of you would enjoy it. http://www.cultofmac.com/173945/how-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-15 Thread Jane
PM, Austin Seraphin wrote: I just saw this on Cult of Mac. I haven't tried it, but it if it works then some of you would enjoy it. http://www.cultofmac.com/173945/how-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks-and-keep-your-library-in-the-cloud-how-to/?utm_medium=twitutm_campaign=spread-us - Austin

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-15 Thread Ricardo Walker
tried it, but it if it works then some of you would enjoy it. http://www.cultofmac.com/173945/how-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks-and-keep-your-library-in-the-cloud-how-to/?utm_medium=twitutm_campaign=spread-us - Austin -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: How to read Kindle Books in iBooks

2012-06-15 Thread Jane
wrote: I just saw this on Cult of Mac. I haven't tried it, but it if it works then some of you would enjoy it. http://www.cultofmac.com/173945/how-to-read-kindle-books-in-ibooks-and-keep-your-library-in-the-cloud-how-to/?utm_medium=twitutm_campaign=spread-us - Austin -- You

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-20 Thread Paul Henrichsen
I'm puzzled. Why not just back translate the brf file? The problem with this method is that you can only read the file in ibooks with a braille display; no ability to listen to the book with voiceover. For windows users, there is a free back translation program. Not sure for the Mac. If you

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-20 Thread Becky Knaub
in ibooks with a braille display; no ability to listen to the book with voiceover. For windows users, there is a free back translation program. Not sure for the Mac. If you are a kurzweil user, you can load the brf file into k1000 and it will back translate it. You can then save it at least

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-19 Thread Steve Holmes
I've successfully imported WebBraille books to read in IBooks. There are other methods of reading these on the IPhone/IPod, but this method will allow you to keep your place in the book when you need to pause reading. I used TextEdit on the Mac to open the file and export it to pdf. Check your

RE: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Steve, In my original BLOG post on this subject, from which Theresa based her post, using something other than Text Edit, it is not necessary to force lowercase lettering. The following is the original BLOG post: How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks Hello

RE: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-19 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi all, The uppercase relates to ASCII values and doesn't affect the Braille dot-6 representation of capital letters in the body of the document. When a brf file is translated, the ASCII characters are still uppercase and therefore show up in computer Braille with a dot-7 attached. This seems

RE: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-19 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi Mark, My purpose in posting another method of importing was to try something that worked for me successfully and then post it to others. For whatever odd reason, importing to epub format simply is not working for me. I know that pdf does, so now we have other options available. I hope I was

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-19 Thread Eugenia Firth
an instance in which it would be beneficial. I'm going to share with you all the way I've successfully imported WebBraille books to read in IBooks. There are other methods of reading these on the IPhone/IPod, but this method will allow you to keep your place in the book when you need to pause

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-19 Thread Steve Holmes
in IBooks. There are other methods of reading these on the IPhone/IPod, but this method will allow you to keep your place in the book when you need to pause reading. I used TextEdit on the Mac to open the file and export it to pdf. Check your text-editor's documentation on exporting to pdf if you're

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-19 Thread Teresa Cochran
Just to make things a bit clearer: by indicajing uncontracted Braille in this importing method, you are not converting the document itself into uncontracted Braille. A brf file is already translated, so it doesn't need VO to translate it yet again. The resulting file displays in what looks like

How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-18 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, I don't usually cross-post, but this seems like an instance in which it would be beneficial. I'm going to share with you all the way I've successfully imported WebBraille books to read in IBooks. There are other methods of reading these on the IPhone/IPod, but this method will allow

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-18 Thread Timothy Emmons
to share with you all the way I've successfully imported WebBraille books to read in IBooks. There are other methods of reading these on the IPhone/IPod, but this method will allow you to keep your place in the book when you need to pause reading. I used TextEdit on the Mac to open the file

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-18 Thread Teresa Cochran
successfully imported WebBraille books to read in IBooks. There are other methods of reading these on the IPhone/IPod, but this method will allow you to keep your place in the book when you need to pause reading. I used TextEdit on the Mac to open the file and export it to pdf. Check your text

Re: Don't Seem To Be Having Much Luck Reading brf-to-Epub in IBooks; Anyone else?

2012-04-16 Thread Teresa Cochran
Braille in Ibooks is concerned. Teresa Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself.--Albert Einstein On Apr 16, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, Mark and all, Yes, and it doesn't work either. Interesting. So it's probably not the brf format that's causing the trouble. Have

Re: Don't Seem To Be Having Much Luck Reading brf-to-Epub in IBooks; Anyone else?

2012-04-16 Thread Teresa Cochran
displayed. I changed the brf file extension to txt, since RoboBraille doesn't allow for that as a starting extension. Then I had it convert from txt to epub. No dice, as far as displaying Braille in Ibooks is concerned. Teresa Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself.--Albert

How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks

2012-04-13 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Listers: I am cross-posting this to both the v iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing lists. I just published the following to the Candle Shore BLOG: How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks Hello Everyone, The following instructions are for those who, like me, want

Re: How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks

2012-04-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
this to both the v iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing lists. I just published the following to the Candle Shore BLOG: How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks Hello Everyone, The following instructions are for those who, like me, want to enjoy their Braille formatted

Re: How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks

2012-04-13 Thread Steve Holmes
the v iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing lists. I just published the following to the Candle Shore BLOG: How To Get Web Braille or Braille Formatted Titles Into iBooks Hello Everyone, The following instructions are for those who, like me, want to enjoy their Braille formatted titles

Question about iBooks

2012-03-13 Thread Gigi
put a PDF file into iBooks. Here's my question. Because some of those textbooks have workbooks that go with them or questions that the students must answer, does anybody know if iBooks in someway will let you come to make completions? I was thinking of fillable PDF forms when I asked. I have

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-29 Thread Mike Busboom
Actually, I'm so jazzed about this. Amazon's Kindle left us in the lurch, to my way of thinking at least, but Apple came through! Mike On 28,Feb,2012, at 4:00 PM, Cheree Heppe wrote: Cheree Heppe here: Nearly every book I have downloaded from IBooks has read correctly and has been

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-29 Thread Mike Busboom
, Mike On 26,Feb,2012, at 12:59 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Mike, Just to expand on my comment about issuing the two-finger flick down from the text area of the book to get continuous reading going in iBooks. Since this gesture is meant to read all on the current page, starting from your

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-28 Thread Chris Blouch
the text area of the book to get continuous reading going in iBooks. Since this gesture is meant to read all on the current page, starting from your present position, if you wanted to find out about the page chooser at the bottom of the screen the first time you checked the layout of controls

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-28 Thread Jane
to expand on my comment about issuing the two-finger flick down from the text area of the book to get continuous reading going in iBooks. Since this gesture is meant to read all on the current page, starting from your present position, if you wanted to find out about the page chooser at the bottom

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-28 Thread Mike Busboom
to expand on my comment about issuing the two-finger flick down from the text area of the book to get continuous reading going in iBooks. Since this gesture is meant to read all on the current page, starting from your present position, if you wanted to find out about the page chooser

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-28 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Nearly every book I have downloaded from IBooks has read correctly and has been accessible. The only exception that I recall now are books produced by a group called Instructables. They put out cookbooks, craft how-to books, a survival manual where they have doagrams about

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-28 Thread Chris Blouch
regards and thanks once again for your assistance, Mike On 26,Feb,2012, at 12:59 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Mike, Just to expand on my comment about issuing the two-finger flick down from the text area of the book to get continuous reading going in iBooks. Since this gesture is meant to read all

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-27 Thread Mike Busboom
. Kindest regards and thanks once again for your assistance, Mike On 26,Feb,2012, at 12:59 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Mike, Just to expand on my comment about issuing the two-finger flick down from the text area of the book to get continuous reading going in iBooks. Since this gesture is meant to read

Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-26 Thread Mike Busboom
. At present, at least with the approach that seems to be working for me, I have to go to the page chooser and flick to the next page.. Is there a way to get iBooks to do continuous scrolling or get VoiceOver to automatically turn pages and thus ensure continuous reading, as it were? I am staying

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-26 Thread Jane
iBooks to do continuous scrolling or get VoiceOver to automatically turn pages and thus ensure continuous reading, as it were? I am staying with a friend who has an iPad and he tells me that he is able to get this to work. He puts his iPad in Landscape mode and can see two pages at a time

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-26 Thread Mike Busboom
, I have to go to the page chooser and flick to the next page.. Is there a way to get iBooks to do continuous scrolling or get VoiceOver to automatically turn pages and thus ensure continuous reading, as it were? I am staying with a friend who has an iPad and he tells me that he is able

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-26 Thread Esther
entirety. Where I am having a problem, however, is getting VoiceOver to read continuously. At present, at least with the approach that seems to be working for me, I have to go to the page chooser and flick to the next page.. Is there a way to get iBooks to do continuous scrolling or get

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-26 Thread Ricardo Walker
to the next page.. Is there a way to get iBooks to do continuous scrolling or get VoiceOver to automatically turn pages and thus ensure continuous reading, as it were? I am staying with a friend who has an iPad and he tells me that he is able to get this to work. He puts his iPad in Landscape

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-26 Thread Esther
Hi Mike, Just to expand on my comment about issuing the two-finger flick down from the text area of the book to get continuous reading going in iBooks. Since this gesture is meant to read all on the current page, starting from your present position, if you wanted to find out about the page

Re: Continuous Reading in Ibooks on iPhone 4S

2012-02-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
iBooks to do continuous scrolling or get VoiceOver to automatically turn pages and thus ensure continuous reading, as it were? I am staying with a friend who has an iPad and he tells me that he is able to get this to work. He puts his iPad in Landscape mode and can see two pages at a time

[Mac-cessibility News] The Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast #20 - iBooks and Twinkies

2012-02-17 Thread Maccessibility
The Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast #20 - iBooks and Twinkies In episode #20 of the Round Table, our knights discuss Apple's iBooks announcement, OS X 10.7.3, Apple's blow-out sales, and a few other things. Note: This podcast was recorded two weeks ago. We apologize for the unforeseen delay

iBooks Author

2012-01-28 Thread Keith Watson
Hi guys, I am attempting to figure out the iBooks Author App. Not going so well. Have any of you tried it? There are a few unlabeled buttons from what I can tell and the interface is a bit confusing. Any help would be welcomed. Thanks, Keith -- You received this message because you

Re: moving pdf file to ibooks

2011-11-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
have a couple pdf files i want to move to ibooks. i put the file under automatically add to itunes, but when i did a sync of my iphone, i did not see the file in the ibooks section. is there another step? i have done this successfully before, but it has been a while. -- You received

moving pdf file to ibooks

2011-11-07 Thread Denise Avant
hi all, I have a couple pdf files i want to move to ibooks. i put the file under automatically add to itunes, but when i did a sync of my iphone, i did not see the file in the ibooks section. is there another step? i have done this successfully before, but it has been a while. -- You received

Re: moving pdf file to ibooks

2011-11-07 Thread Tim Kilburn
H. Could you list to me what items are in the Favourites bar and in what order they appear please. Thanks. On 2011-11-07, at 4:19 PM, Denise Avant wrote: hi all, I have a couple pdf files i want to move to ibooks. i put the file under automatically add to itunes, but when i did a sync

Re: moving pdf file to ibooks

2011-11-07 Thread Tim Kilburn
. On 2011-11-07, at 4:19 PM, Denise Avant wrote: hi all, I have a couple pdf files i want to move to ibooks. i put the file under automatically add to itunes, but when i did a sync of my iphone, i did not see the file in the ibooks section. is there another step? i have done this successfully

Re: automatic download of books in Ibooks

2011-06-12 Thread Jane
You need to go into preferences and store and check the checkbox for books. If you want apps and music check those, as well. Jane On Jun 11, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Mary Otten wrote: I wonder what I am missing. I have updated my Ibooks and I have turned on the setting under store on both my

automatic download of books in Ibooks

2011-06-11 Thread Mary Otten
I wonder what I am missing. I have updated my Ibooks and I have turned on the setting under store on both my IPod and IPad, which is suppose to enable automatic download of books purchased on one device to other devices. Yet books I buy in the IBooks store on Itunes on my Mac do not show up

Re: automatic download of books in Ibooks

2011-06-11 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Riuucardo, I didn't actually see a synch ibooks choice. I did see automatic download of books as a choice, but that's to auto download stuff I buy on anothert device to the Mac, I think. I checked it anyway. We'll see what happens. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received

Ibooks, was Re: iCloud observation, and a comparative question.

2011-06-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
Oh, yes, IBooks is quite accessible. You flip pages with a three-finger swipe to the left or Braille o-chord. Teresa On Jun 9, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Dawn Benbow wrote: Ibooks is accessible? I wasn't sure if it was or not. I gave it a try with my ipod touch manual and was having some issues

Re: Ibooks, was Re: iCloud observation, and a comparative question.

2011-06-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
I forgot one more point: You can read continuously by using a two-finger-swipe downward. It beeps to denote pages as it reads. Teresa On Jun 9, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Oh, yes, IBooks is quite accessible. You flip pages with a three-finger swipe to the left or Braille o

Re: iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-07 Thread Jon Cohn
On Jun 6, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Howard Dupuis wrote: Am I understanding correctly that we'll soon be able to read iBooks on the Mac? If iCloud is going to be synching all devices, then a book I purchase on my iPod Touch would be available on my Mac, too, no? I'm hoping so. Thanks. -- Howard

Re: iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-07 Thread Colin M
Hi there! I've just had a email from Itunes talking about Ibooks in Itunes for your computer! hth Colin On 7 Jun 2011, at 19:43, Jon Cohn wrote: Tidbits.com who also publish the take control books, talked a little about ePub books on the Macintosh yesterday. Apparently the iTunes store now

Re: iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
so what did the e-mail say exactly? Thanks. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jun 7, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Colin M wrote: Hi there! I've just had a email from Itunes talking about Ibooks in Itunes for your computer! hth Colin

Re: iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-07 Thread Colin M
there! I've just had a email from Itunes talking about Ibooks in Itunes for your computer! hth Colin On 7 Jun 2011, at 19:43, Jon Cohn wrote: Tidbits.com who also publish the take control books, talked a little about ePub books on the Macintosh yesterday. Apparently the iTunes store now

Re: iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
, at 20:48, Ricardo Walker wrote: so what did the e-mail say exactly? Thanks. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jun 7, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Colin M wrote: Hi there! I've just had a email from Itunes talking about Ibooks

Re: iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-07 Thread Colin M
Hi Ricardo! Yeah tucked down at the bottom [when I heard it! ] Ibooks 1.3 on your I devices will be needed! So you can get them but you'll need your I pad or one of the others! :] Unless someone knows better! Colin On 7 Jun 2011, at 22:36, Ricardo Walker wrote: ok. But it just said you can

iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-06 Thread Howard Dupuis
Am I understanding correctly that we'll soon be able to read iBooks on the Mac? If iCloud is going to be synching all devices, then a book I purchase on my iPod Touch would be available on my Mac, too, no? I'm hoping so. Thanks. -- Howard -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
No, They said nothing about iBooks coming to the Mac. He said your iBooks will be synced across your IOS devices. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jun 6, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Howard Dupuis wrote: Am I understanding correctly

Re: iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-06 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
He did say that a mac or pc would be treated as a device so I can see why you might think so, but he didn't mention that *exact* feature. Hopefully you will be able to do this though. On 07/06/2011, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: No, They said nothing about iBooks coming to the Mac

Re: iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-06 Thread carolyn Haas
, at 7:23 PM, Howard Dupuis wrote: Am I understanding correctly that we'll soon be able to read iBooks on the Mac? If iCloud is going to be synching all devices, then a book I purchase on my iPod Touch would be available on my Mac, too, no? I'm hoping so. Thanks. -- Howard -- You received

exporting bookmarks from ibooks to the mac, any help pls

2011-06-05 Thread William Windels
Hello all, I like to read epub-files on my iphone4 with the ibooks program from Apple. I can place bookmarks in this files but it would be nice if I can read that epub-file with the bookmarks included, on my mac. I read epub-files with text express from the app store on my mac, but , I can't

RE: importing documents into ibooks

2011-04-15 Thread simon . cavendish
-original message- Subject: importing documents into ibooks From: Denise Avant drav...@ameritech.net Date: 13/04/2011 11:The way i have 4mported pdf files into ipad is to add them first to your itunes library through file, add to library dialog. Then you connect your device and in the books

importing documents into ibooks

2011-04-13 Thread Denise Avant
hi all, i think someone here posted instructions on how to import documents such as word and adobe into ibooks for reading on i devices. can someone resend me those instructions? thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post

Re: How To Read iBooks on Mac

2011-04-06 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Personally, I think it would be excellent to have iBooks on the Mac. It would be great to hear Alex reading a book instead of just Samantha. I hope they do in Lyon. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Navigating pdfs in IBooks

2011-04-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, folk, I've started creating pdf versions of some of my files, so I can read them in IBooks. I'm fairly sure they aren't optimized for accessibility in this case. Perhaps because of this, I have unpredictable results when turning pages in these files. sometimes I can go from page 22 to page

Re: Adding PDF files to iBooks

2011-04-04 Thread E.J. Zufelt
:58 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: hello, Everett, I simply use copy and paste. Copy from the finder, find your device in Itunes, navigate to the device Books folder and paste there. Then select PDFs after opening IBooks Teresa On Mar 31, 2011, at 12:56 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: Good

How To Read iBooks on Mac

2011-04-04 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, Is there a way to read iBooks on the Mac? Mark -- 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

Re: How To Read iBooks on Mac

2011-04-04 Thread Jenny Wood
Mark, Funny, my husband and I were just asking ourselves this very question the other night. :-) To the best of my knowledge, iBooks is not yet available for the mac. However, depending on the format of the book you wish to read, you may be able to use another third-party program to read

Re: How To Read iBooks on Mac

2011-04-04 Thread M. Taylor
. :-) To the best of my knowledge, iBooks is not yet available for the mac. However, depending on the format of the book you wish to read, you may be able to use another third-party program to read your E-books. -- Jenny Wood Phone:(972) 989-3894 Email:kc5...@gmail.com

Re: How To Read iBooks on Mac

2011-04-04 Thread Jenny Wood
Oh, I don't know. I think it would be kinda nice to have iBooks on the mac. It never hurts to make a suggestion for something you have an interest in. I'm sure Apple will decide whether or not the idea is popular enough to consider adding in future updates. -- Jenny Wood Phone: (972

Adding PDF files to iBooks

2011-03-31 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good afternoon, All of the directions I have read for adding PDFs to iBooks includes dragging and dropping the files into iTunes. Does anyone have the directions for VO users Thanks, Everett Zufelt http://zufelt.ca Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile

Re: Adding PDF files to iBooks

2011-03-31 Thread Teresa Cochran
hello, Everett, I simply use copy and paste. Copy from the finder, find your device in Itunes, navigate to the device Books folder and paste there. Then select PDFs after opening IBooks Teresa On Mar 31, 2011, at 12:56 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: Good afternoon, All of the directions I have

Navigating pdf Files In IBooks?

2011-03-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, Is there a way to optimize accessibility of pdf files in IBooks? I've just tried reading a fairly sizable document, and flipping pages yields some pretty unpredictable results. On one occasion, I magically turned from page 18 to page 83. Not good. TIA, Teresa -- You received

[Mac-cessibility News] Random House Titles Come to iBooks

2011-03-02 Thread Maccessibility
Random House Titles Come to iBooks The last significant hold out from Apple's iBooks store, Random House, has decided to shift to the agency model now used by Apple and others and make their titles available. This is a fantastic development for visually impaired book lovers, providing

Old news? -iBooks reading PDFs properly now! …

2011-01-03 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi All; First off, I hope all of your new year's celebrations were safe fun and totally freaking amazingly cool! woohoo! HOpe 2011 is treating ya'll wonderfully well so far!… :) Okay, so this may be old news, but the current version of iBooks is now reading PDFs properly! I.E. if you do a two

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