Hello, When you use up and down flicks along with the rotor to navigate on to the exact link, use a double-tap and hold (pass-through gesture) to tell the iOS device you want to work specifically with the link. A menu of options should pop up.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 11/09/2012, at 14:25, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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