Thank you, Dameshe and Scott, for weighing in. I am going to get sighted help tomorrow and do some more experimenting. Dameshe, from a character by character search of lines containing links, it certainly appears that any line containing a link carries other information besides the name of the 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 <scottn3...@gmail.com> 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 had any success with speech and/or Braille > when activating links. I think this is something that needs to be brought to > APple's attention and I would encourage you to do so by e-mailing > accessibil...@apple.com. > > On Sep 10, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Damashe Thomas <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I have had a few books with links that didn't work. What seems to have >> happened is that the link isn't on a line by itself, usually I have a >> comma or some other punctuation. It's like if someone emails you a link, >> as onlg as that links text is all on one line you can usually click it. >> But if I wrote the url like this, >> www.google.coj, >> and you receive it with the comma after the m in .com, you can not >> activate that link. >> Try moving your finger down the screen til you get to the link then double >> tap it. If this method doesn't work, then I am afraid you have other >> punctuation or something on the line with the link. >> Sorry for the rambling message, hope it helped some. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Werner" <coffeeb...@gmail.com> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 6:54 AM >> Subject: Difficulty with Activating Links in an iBooks Book >> >> >>> 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 >>> stopped continuous reading, changed the rotor to "word mode," and >>> double-tapped on words in the title of the link and on the word "link" >>> itself, all to no avail. Of course, I can activate the "search" >>> button and do a search for the desired section's title, but I'd rather >>> just click on the link for that title. Any suggestions are welcome >>> and most appreciated. >>> >>> Craig >>> g >>> >>> -- >>> 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
