Re: Nook versus iBooks

2012-11-28 Thread Mike M
ust be like iCloud and I don’t truly > understand that either), so you can re-download it if you wish. All this to > say that I am very pleasantly surprised by the app and will definitely use > it, especially since they have books less than 5 dollars. Does iBooks do the > same? I haven’t fo

Re: Nook versus iBooks

2012-11-28 Thread Grant Hardy
v 28, 2012, at 1:21 PM, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I’m excited by the new availability of the Nook app. >> >> For folks who may have both, is the reading experience similar in both? >> >> I looked for a book yesterd

RE: Nook versus iBooks

2012-11-28 Thread Regina Alvarado
Good too know Mary. I will check for these books searching for under fibe dollar books. As someone else said, though, the best is we now can check in both places and get the book at the cheapest price. As for putting into categories, I guess if I got a lot of books that would be a problem for me

Re: Nook versus iBooks

2012-11-28 Thread Mary Otten
I'm not sure what your question related to, "does iBooks do the same? Yes, they have books under $5. And yes, you can delete a book from a device and get it back later if you wish. One thing I really like about ibooks is the ability to organize your books in categories. You can't

RE: Nook versus iBooks

2012-11-28 Thread Regina Alvarado
27;t truly understand that either), so you can re-download it if you wish. All this to say that I am very pleasantly surprised by the app and will definitely use it, especially since they have books less than 5 dollars. Does iBooks do the same? I haven't found it, and to me that would win Nook

Re: Nook versus iBooks

2012-11-28 Thread Teresa Cochran
new availability of the Nook app. > > For folks who may have both, is the reading experience similar in both? > > I looked for a book yesterday at B&N and found it, for Nook, at $14.99. I > then looked on iBooks and it was available for $9.99. It will be nice to have

Re: Nook versus iBooks

2012-11-28 Thread Mary Otten
&N as well, not to offer such conveniences, and why should they? Interestingly, I just had the opposite experience as you did, Kiety, finding a book on Nook for $10.79, while the same was available on iBooks for $15. Choice is a very good thing, which is why I still hope Amazon makes

Nook versus iBooks

2012-11-28 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Hi, I'm excited by the new availability of the Nook app. For folks who may have both, is the reading experience similar in both? I looked for a book yesterday at B&N and found it, for Nook, at $14.99. I then looked on iBooks and it was available for $9.99. It will be nice to have 2

Re: Searching for iBooks in the Apple Store

2012-11-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
There is no inconsistency. You don't have iBooks on your pc and therefore iTunes is the only way you could be allowed to search on your pc. You have iBooks on your iPhone and therefore there is no need to be able to search for iBooks in iTunes there The same is true on the Mac. As for clu

RE: Searching for iBooks in the Apple Store

2012-11-26 Thread Daniel Miller
ooglegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Craig Werner Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 9:47 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Searching for iBooks in the Apple Store Thank you, Daniel, for confirming my findings. iTunes for the iPhone is strangely inconsistent with It

Re: Searching for iBooks in the Apple Store

2012-11-26 Thread Craig Werner
Thank you, Daniel, for confirming my findings. iTunes for the iPhone is strangely inconsistent with Itunes for the PC, which allows for an across-the-board search of audiobooks, albums, podcasts, iBooks, etc. Craig On 11/26/12, Daniel Miller wrote: > No. You need to use iBooks to do t

RE: Searching for iBooks in the Apple Store

2012-11-26 Thread Daniel Miller
No. You need to use iBooks to do that. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Craig Werner Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 8:35 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Searching for iBooks in the Apple Store Greetings to the list

Searching for iBooks in the Apple Store

2012-11-26 Thread Craig Werner
Greetings to the list. When I use iTunes on my PC to search for an iBook, it comes up in the results list along with any relevant audiobooks, albums, etc. However, if I use the iTunes app on my iPhone 3GS, the iBook is not shown. In the case of the iPhone, I search for iBooks via the iBooks app

Re: Reading iBooks with a Braille Display on iPhone 5

2012-11-19 Thread Teresa Cochran
Make sure you are within the text of your book, then use dot 1-3-5-chord to go to the next page. Try reversing panning one item once your past the text, and this will take you back to the top of the page. The new IBooks has the page adjustment control in a slightly different spot. It'

Reading iBooks with a Braille Display on iPhone 5

2012-11-19 Thread Keith Bundy
Hello, all. I am attempting to read an epub document on my iPhone 5 with iBooks, and am having a problem I never experienced on the iPhone 4. I can't advance to the next page! When I get past the text, I try the dots 1-3-5 chord, the dots 1-4-5-6 chord, the dots 2-4-6 chord, and the dot

Re: Reading Ibooks.

2012-11-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
gt; > On Nov 5, 2012, at 2:05 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> Hi, Kawal, >> >> When you open IBooks for the first time, you're presented with the library. >> This is where your books are organized. If you have books already, simply >> pick a book and d

Re: Reading Ibooks.

2012-11-05 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thank you Teresa and Anna. I will try what you have both said and see how I get on. Thank you very much. Kawal., On Nov 5, 2012, at 2:05 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, Kawal, > > When you open IBooks for the first time, you're presented with the library. > This is whe

Re: Reading Ibooks.

2012-11-04 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Focus 40 Blue, for instance, pressing down on the right rocker button takes you to the next page, while pressing up takes you to the previous one. HTH, Anna On Nov 4, 2012, at 8:05 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, Kawal, > > When you open IBooks for the first time, you're present

Re: Reading Ibooks.

2012-11-04 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Kawal, When you open IBooks for the first time, you're presented with the library. This is where your books are organized. If you have books already, simply pick a book and double-tap to open it. With speech, you can begin reading the book by using the two-finger-downward-flick gestur

Reading Ibooks.

2012-11-04 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello All. I am having problems reading IBooks on the I Phone. I just don't get how to select contents or pages to read Books. Can someone explain how this should be done please? Once I new what to do but have now forgotten. I'd also like to read I Books in Braille but don't

Re: move by line in ibooks?

2012-10-29 Thread Damashe Thomas
I read in a post on maccessibility that iBooks 3.0 added the ability to read by line in pdf files, but this is only accomplished by moving your finger up or down the screen and pausing when you encounter a line you wish to be read by VoiceOver. I seem to remember being able to do this before

RE: move by line in ibooks?

2012-10-29 Thread Rick Alfaro
groups.com Subject: Re: move by line in ibooks? Yes, I also have my request in, and I had really hoped for the fulfillment of that request in the new release, since it seems to take quite some time between releases of iBooks. The guy on the other list who first said he had read by line discovered t

RE: move by line in ibooks?

2012-10-29 Thread Rick Alfaro
s.com Subject: Re: move by line in ibooks? I have asked about this before, so hopefully this is coming although why PDF and not the ebub format makes no sense. :) However, I have my request in. On Oct 27, 2012, at 11:52 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Well, the guy who posted the note about being able

RE: move by line in ibooks?

2012-10-29 Thread Rick Alfaro
ne in ibooks? I haven't been able to use this feature. I would be interested to know how this person accomplished this, as lines still isn't an option in iBooks for me either. - Original Message - From: "Mary Otten" To: Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 7:12 PM Subjec

Re: ibooks question

2012-10-29 Thread Brett
change by 10 or 20 pages using that method. Littel flick > and I jump about 100 pages. I am missing some trick here. > > - Original Message - From: "Mary Otten" > To: > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 5:55 PM > Subject: Re: ibooks question > > >>

Re: The most efficient way to read from iBooks with a braille Display?

2012-10-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
is case do chord-1456 and I not only scroll to the next page but also I have a new three pages (for intance 4, 5 and 6) and don't have to scroll again until I have done those pages. The only difference is that in iBooks I am dealing with the scrool left and right controls while in the

Re: The most efficient way to read from iBooks with a braille Display?

2012-10-28 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
, Anna On Oct 28, 2012, at 8:11 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I am reading with iBooks for the first time with my Refreshabraille 18. Can > somebody tell me the most efficient way to do this with speech turned off or > direct me to an explanation of this online. I've been readi

Re: ibooks question

2012-10-28 Thread Tara Prakash
I never managed to change by 10 or 20 pages using that method. Littel flick and I jump about 100 pages. I am missing some trick here. - Original Message - From: "Mary Otten" To: Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 5:55 PM Subject: Re: ibooks question When the page chooser at

The most efficient way to read from iBooks with a braille Display?

2012-10-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I am reading with iBooks for the first time with my Refreshabraille 18. Can somebody tell me the most efficient way to do this with speech turned off or direct me to an explanation of this online. I've been reading to the page chooser and pressing the joystick down to go to the next pag

Re: ibooks question

2012-10-28 Thread Mark BurningHawk
I don' \know. use a find command and look for a word in the passage? i have no idea. Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 Home page: Http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public

Re: ibooks question

2012-10-28 Thread denise avant
ok, I have to learn to do this using the focus 14 braille display. i am particularly wondering about the king james version of the bible. i have that as an ibook, and want to quickly find a way to locate a scripture i.e. mark chapter 2 verse 4 On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >

Re: ibooks question

2012-10-28 Thread Mary Otten
When the page chooser at the bottom has focus, you can now quickly flick up or down to move by pages. That might be faster for some than three finger left and right swipes, especially on the iPhone with the smaller screen. Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message becau

Re: ibooks question

2012-10-28 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
move back in the book, while you move forward if you slide right. The speed with which you move your finger determines how far you'll move in the book. HTH, Anna On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:09 PM, denise avant wrote: > Hello all, > is there a way to jump to a specific page in ibooks.

Re: move by line in ibooks?

2012-10-28 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Mary, you are not crazy at all. I've been longing for this feature to appear as soon as I started using iBooks. It's absolutely crucial if one wants to have a piece of text in greater detail. Andrew On 28 Oct 2012, at 19:03, Mary Otten wrote: > Yes, I also have my request

ibooks question

2012-10-28 Thread denise avant
Hello all, is there a way to jump to a specific page in ibooks. for example, if you are at page 30, and want to get to page 55 is there a way to do that? also is there a way to do a find command in ibooks? thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone&qu

Re: move by line in ibooks?

2012-10-28 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, I also have my request in, and I had really hoped for the fulfillment of that request in the new release, since it seems to take quite some time between releases of iBooks. The guy on the other list who first said he had read by line discovered that it was only in pdf. So at least, I know

Re: move by line in ibooks?

2012-10-28 Thread Scott Howell
I have asked about this before, so hopefully this is coming although why PDF and not the ebub format makes no sense. :) However, I have my request in. On Oct 27, 2012, at 11:52 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Well, the guy who posted the note about being able to move by line in IBooks > 3 state

Re: move by line in ibooks?

2012-10-27 Thread Mary Otten
Well, the guy who posted the note about being able to move by line in IBooks 3 stated that he was using a pdf file. So that is different from a purchased iBook, and I suspect that is the problem. We don't have this access in the books we buy. I had asked accessibility@apple for this fe

Re: move by line in ibooks?

2012-10-27 Thread Damashe Thomas
I haven't been able to use this feature. I would be interested to know how this person accomplished this, as lines still isn't an option in iBooks for me either. - Original Message - From: "Mary Otten" To: Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 7:12 PM Subject: mo

move by line in ibooks?

2012-10-27 Thread Mary Otten
Now that IBooks 3.0 is out, somebody on another Mac-related list I'm on said that he is able to select the move by line choice in his vo rotor and accomplish the task in the expected manner with flick up or down with a single finger. This was something I was really hoping would be intro

[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 a

RE: ibooks question

2012-10-16 Thread Richard Turner
Not that I'm aware of, since locking the phone interrupts VoiceOver. Richard _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Stone Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: ibooks question I'm sur

ibooks question

2012-10-16 Thread Alex Stone
I'm sure this has been covered before, but I can't remember the answer. Is it possible to make ibooks continue reading with Voiceover when the screen is locked? Cheers Alex -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To searc

RE: Ibooks Not Working Quite Right in IOS 6

2012-10-04 Thread Daniel Miller
It appears to be the same issue that the app store had before it was fixed. Write accessibil...@apple.com about it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Fettgather Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 7:13 PM To: viphone Subject: Ibooks Not Working

ibooks

2012-09-28 Thread Patti Johnson
I got my problems straightened out. Hope I don't duplicate it, do it again, grin. Patti -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this grou

ibooks

2012-09-28 Thread Patti Johnson
Having a strange problem with my Ibooks app. I like to go in there every couple days and look at the new titles. I thought I'd done that after I upgraded my phone. But yesterday, it took me to my library, so I went to the store. all it gave me was tab and I chose that, and it kept sayi

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-20 Thread Damashe Thomas
I have also emailed Apple Accessibility and received a response. I believe the problem will be fixed in a timely manner. The major upside, at least in my opinion, is that iBooks can be updated independent of the OS since it isn't a built in app. I am glad to know that others have

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-20 Thread Scott Howell
can replicate the problem and > are working on a solution. The reply was not detailed, but it came > quickly, and I am reassured that Apple is aware of the problem. > > Craig > > On 9/16/12, Craig Werner wrote: >> After much experimenting, I have concluded

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-19 Thread Craig Werner
ave concluded that I can't get > iBooks > links to activate and plan to write to accessibil...@apple.com soon. > Here is what I have discovered. If anyone can report different > results, please let me know. > > Problem: When trying to activate a link in iBooks 2.1.1 that takes a

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-16 Thread Craig Werner
After much experimenting, I have concluded that I can't get iBooks links to activate and plan to write to accessibil...@apple.com soon. Here is what I have discovered. If anyone can report different results, please let me know. Problem: When trying to activate a link in i

RE: Focus 40 Blu braille Display and iBooks

2012-09-12 Thread Carrie Snodgrass
: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Focus 40 Blu braille Display and iBooks thank you for the reply. i am able to find and read text but it loses focus in the middle of reading and goes to the top of the screen. Sent from my iPad On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:11

Re: Focus 40 Blu braille Display and iBooks

2012-09-12 Thread Jesse Bollinger
thank you for the reply. i am able to find and read text but it loses focus in the middle of reading and goes to the top of the screen. Sent from my iPad On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:11 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, Jessie, > > The Library button is at the top of the screen. If you use the wheel t

Re: Focus 40 Blu braille Display and iBooks

2012-09-12 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Jessie, The Library button is at the top of the screen. If you use the wheel to scroll down a fw lines, you will get to the text. It isn't the fastest way to do things, but I've gotten used to it. Sometimes I can get the Braille to resume on the top of the next page, but I don't count on i

Focus 40 Blu braille Display and iBooks

2012-09-12 Thread jesse
Hi everyone, I am using a Focus 40 Blu with my iPad 3 but I'm sure any braille display user might be able to help with this issue. When I'm reading a book, the braille automaticly jumps back to the top of the screen and lands on the Library button. It doesn't do this with all books but the ones it

Re: Epub files that I need to put in IBooks

2012-09-12 Thread Damashe Thomas
books selected to sync to your device. Perform a sync and your books should be in iBooks. An added note, the e-pub files must be unprotected, so not from somewhere like amazon, B&N or books-a_million. - Original Message - From: Shannon Dyer To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Epub files that I need to put in IBooks

2012-09-12 Thread Damashe Thomas
books selected to sync to your device. Perform a sync and your books should be in iBooks. An added note, the e-pub files must be unprotected, so not from somewhere like amazon, B&N or books-a_million. - Original Message - From: Shannon Dyer To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Epub files that I need to put in IBooks

2012-09-12 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
uter. I'm trying to get them > into Ibooks on my iphone, but I can't figure out how to do this. I can't seem > to get them into Itunes, and I don't know any other way of getting them onto > the phone. > > Shannon > Shannon Dyer > Alumni Council Member,

Epub files that I need to put in IBooks

2012-09-12 Thread Shannon Dyer
Hi, all. I have about 30 books in epub format on my computer. I'm trying to get them into Ibooks on my iphone, but I can't figure out how to do this. I can't seem to get them into Itunes, and I don't know any other way of getting them onto the phone. Shannon Shannon Dyer A

Re: difficulty opening pdf documents directly to ibooks

2012-09-12 Thread Damashe Thomas
set to sync, the pdf will show up in iBooks. - Original Message - From: jack To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:39 PM Subject: difficulty opening pdf documents directly to ibooks Hello, I need some help with ibooks and pdf documents. I

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-12 Thread Damashe Thomas
Hi, This doesn't always work as sometimes the usual roter options are not always available in iBooks for me. Also, the double tap and hold doesn't work at all for navigation links that are supposed to move you to another part of the book. I am not sure if this is an accessibility is

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-12 Thread Scott Howell
t;double-tap and hold" pass-through option, is successful > in activating a link to take me to a particular page number of a > chapter. I am working within only one book, but from the comments on > the list, I assume this problem is endemic to, or at least prevalent > in, the in

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-12 Thread Craig Werner
ssume this problem is endemic to, or at least prevalent in, the in-page links encountered in iBooks. I'll continue to work on this problem. If I were to phone Apple accessibility or email the accessibility site, would I be likely to get a response? I have never interacted with Apple tech support.

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-12 Thread Scott Howell
display. Note: I have not done this in iBooks. I > have done this in other apps, so it should work, though not guaranteed. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 12/09/2012, at 9:20, Scott Ho

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-11 Thread David Chittenden
currently be performed on the braille display. Note: I have not done this in iBooks. I have done this in other apps, so it should work, though not guaranteed. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 12/09/2012, at 9:20, Scott

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-11 Thread Scott Howell
a link. I'll be back with an update soon. >> >> Craig >> >> On 9/10/12, Scott Howell wrote: >>> Although this is not exactly related to this specific issue, I have found >>> that trying to activate links in books using iBooks, while using a Brai

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-11 Thread David Chittenden
owell wrote: >> Although this is not exactly related to this specific issue, I have found >> that trying to activate links in books using iBooks, while using a Braille >> display results in VoiceOver crashes and the link is never activated. >> I would be curious if anyone has h

Re: difficulty opening pdf documents directly to ibooks

2012-09-11 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, The easiest way is to put the file in Dropbox and open it with the Dropbox app. Choose Export and then iBooks. Another way is to use iTunes file sharing to copy the file to iBooks. Best, Anna On Sep 11, 2012, at 12:39 PM, "jack" wrote: > Hello, > I need some help wit

difficulty opening pdf documents directly to ibooks

2012-09-11 Thread jack
Hello, I need some help with ibooks and pdf documents. I downloaded a pdf magazine directly to my downloads folder but can’t figure out how to get it to my iphone ibooks app. I am running windows 7. I would appreciate help on opening a pdf document directly to ibooks. Thanks very much

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-10 Thread Craig Werner
link, including "greater than" signs signifying the presence of a link. I'll be back with an update soon. Craig On 9/10/12, Scott Howell wrote: > Although this is not exactly related to this specific issue, I have found > that trying to activate links in books using iBooks,

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-10 Thread Scott Howell
Although this is not exactly related to this specific issue, I have found that trying to activate links in books using iBooks, while using a Braille display results in VoiceOver crashes and the link is never activated. I would be curious if anyone has had any success with speech and/or Braille

Re: ibooks and pdf documents

2012-09-10 Thread David Chittenden
: > Is there a way to control where you start and stop on a page in a pdf in > ibooks? If I pause and restart, it reads the whole page from the beginning > again. I'd like to be able to control it line by line or word by word like > I can in other document? > > Cristi

Re: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-10 Thread Damashe Thomas
ther punctuation or something on the line with the link. Sorry for the rambling message, hope it helped some. - Original Message - From: "Craig Werner" To: Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 6:54 AM Subject: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book Greetings to the list.

RE: ibooks and pdf documents

2012-09-09 Thread Cristi Fogus Wetherholt Allyn PWDs
Is there a way to control where you start and stop on a page in a pdf in ibooks? If I pause and restart, it reads the whole page from the beginning again. I'd like to be able to control it line by line or word by word like I can in other document? Cristi -Original Message- From: vi

Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book

2012-09-09 Thread Craig Werner
Greetings to the list. I am using iBooks 1.1.1 on my iPhone 3GS to read a book in the Rough Guide travel series. This book contains links to sections of chapters which it lists at the start of each chapter. Try as I might, I cannot activate those links and jump to a desired page number. I have

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-08 Thread Dan
Hello, I use iBooks quite frequently and I have never had the problem of words being announced twice at a page change. Just a thought, I have auto-hyphenation turned off and things work just fine. By default it is on. So those of you who have this problem might want to switch it off. You will

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-08 Thread David Chittenden
t; wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have also noticed this, and some other friends of mine have told me of it >>> as well. I am using an iPhone 4 and a friend is using the 4S. It's kind of >>> weird but not to annoying. I don't know

OT: Reclaiming Storage Space after Deleting iBooks

2012-09-08 Thread Craig Werner
Greetings to the list. When I delete a sample of a book from the iBooks area on my iPhone 3GS, I notice that file space is not reclaimed. The only way I have discovered to shrink this space is to delete the iBooks app and reinstall it together with the books I have saved along with it. Has

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-07 Thread Teresa Cochran
I have also noticed this, and some other friends of mine have told me of it >> as well. I am using an iPhone 4 and a friend is using the 4S. It's kind of >> weird but not to annoying. I don't know if it is voice over, iBooks or the >> actual eBook itself. I haven

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-07 Thread David Chittenden
f mine have told me of it > as well. I am using an iPhone 4 and a friend is using the 4S. It's kind of > weird but not to annoying. I don't know if it is voice over, iBooks or the > actual eBook itself. I haven't had it happen in every book I have read. > - Or

Re: ibooks and pdf documents

2012-09-07 Thread Teresa Cochran
As long as the document uses text instead of images containing text, you can read it with Ibooks. You would just need to use Itunes to import the file on your computer and then sync it to your device. You can also go to the pdf link if it's on the web and choose "open in Ibooks.&q

ibooks and pdf documents

2012-09-07 Thread Larry McCreary
I believe I have read messages on this group indicating that ibooks will handle pdf documents. Is this true? If I download a pdf document on my computer how is the easiest way to get the document to ibooks? Thanks very much for your help. -- You received this message because you are

RE: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-07 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
: Thursday, September 06, 2012 4:41 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page Hi all, I have also noticed this, and some other friends of mine have told me of it as well. I am using an iPhone 4 and a friend is using the 4S. It's kind of weird but not

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-07 Thread Damashe Thomas
Hi all, I have also noticed this, and some other friends of mine have told me of it as well. I am using an iPhone 4 and a friend is using the 4S. It's kind of weird but not to annoying. I don't know if it is voice over, iBooks or the actual eBook itself. I haven't had it happe

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-07 Thread jeffry miller
yes i have read about 4 or so books and everyone it does that once in a while. -- Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this grou

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-07 Thread jeffry miller
it also does it on the IPhone 4. -- Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To u

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-06 Thread Damashe Thomas
Hi all, I have also noticed this, and some other friends of mine have told me of it as well. I am using an iPhone 4 and a friend is using the 4S. It's kind of weird but not to annoying. I don't know if it is voice over, iBooks or the actual eBook itself. I haven't had it happe

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-06 Thread Peter Durieux
hi, I can confirm his behaviour with ibooks on a iphone 3gs, 4s and on ipad 2. not that irritating. :) Mvg -Peter Durieux Op 6-sep.-2012 om 21:08 heeft Craig Werner het volgende geschreven: > Katey, you're right: the behavior is not particularly troublesome. I > am using an

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-06 Thread Craig Werner
> the words are actually repeated visually I'd have to get out a > mangnifier to see print that small! But I usually have been ignoring > it since it's not taking away from the book, just a little annoying. > LOL > > Katey > > On 9/6/12, Craig Werner wrote: >&

Re: iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-06 Thread Katey Glass
ngs to the list. > > Sometimes, when I am reading a book continuously in iBooks, a word or > a few words are repeated right after a page has been automatically > turned. Has anyone else noticed this behavior? Is there an iBooks > setting I can alter to fix the problem? > > T

iBooks: Repeated Words when Turning a Page

2012-09-06 Thread Craig Werner
Greetings to the list. Sometimes, when I am reading a book continuously in iBooks, a word or a few words are repeated right after a page has been automatically turned. Has anyone else noticed this behavior? Is there an iBooks setting I can alter to fix the problem? Thank you for all help

Re: ibooks

2012-09-05 Thread Craig Werner
legroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of don bishop > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:36 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: ibooks > > Hi, > > Just got ibooks. In the "getting started with ios5" book, it says you get > one free book when you

RE: ibooks

2012-08-21 Thread Mary Ellen Sanchez
yes i had the same problem as well. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of don bishop Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: ibooks Hi, Just got ibooks. In the "getting started with

ibooks

2012-08-21 Thread don bishop
Hi, Just got ibooks. In the "getting started with ios5" book, it says you get one free book when you download the ibook app. If so, I sure can't find it. Was this just an offer that's expired by now? If not, how can I get to it? Thanks, Don -- You received this mes

Re: Google Play, turning pages in iBooks

2012-08-11 Thread Damashe Thomas
Hi, You turn pages in iBooks with a three finger swipe, either left or right, left for the next page and right for the previous page. I believe the reference to reading in iBooks being easier is do to the fact that a two finger swipe down allows you to read continiously threw the book and

Re: Google Play, turning pages in iBooks

2012-08-11 Thread Pete Nalda
to turn pages. You mentioned how easy it was to turn > pages in iBooks? How is this done? It says to double tap and hold and move > somehow to change the page. Has never worked for me so can anyone explain > how to turn pages in a book with iBooks, please. Thank you. > Reggie > > --

Re: Google Play, turning pages in iBooks

2012-08-11 Thread Katey Glass
, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Regina Alvarado wrote: > Interesting about how to turn pages. You mentioned how easy it was to turn > pages in iBooks? How is this done? It says to double tap and hold and move > somehow to change the page. Has never worked for me so can anyone explain > how to t

RE: Google Play, turning pages in iBooks

2012-08-11 Thread Regina Alvarado
Interesting about how to turn pages. You mentioned how easy it was to turn pages in iBooks? How is this done? It says to double tap and hold and move somehow to change the page. Has never worked for me so can anyone explain how to turn pages in a book with iBooks, please. Thank you. Reggie

RE: Need help now if possible: Need to download ePub files from computer/windows-XP to iBooks/how?

2012-08-06 Thread Regina Alvarado
Thank you so much. I am so proud of myself! I downloaded Drop Box on both computer and iPhone, learned how to use drop box, put the files in drop box and then exported the files in drop box on iPhone to iBooks! I am feeling quite techie right now. (smiles and chuckles) I do not have iTunes on

pdfs in ibooks

2012-08-06 Thread Cristi Fogus Wetherholt Allyn PWDs
When listening to pdfs on ibooks, I can't figure out how to select which parts of the page I want to hear. All I seem to be able to do it hear the entire page from the beginning. Occasionally, I want to listen to certain sections again but it just starts the page over. Is there a way to do

Re: Need help now if possible: Need to download ePub files from computer/windows-XP to iBooks/how?

2012-08-06 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hello, I take it you normally sync with a different computer? In that case, either add them to iTunes on that computer, or if you have a Dropbox account, add them to Dropbox and then use the iPhone Dropbox to add them to iBooks. If they're on your usual computer, connect your iPHone, fin

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