I continue to experiment, but as of this writing, no maneuver, including the "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-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.
Craig On 9/12/12, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: > David, > > Yes it does bring focus, but also crashes VO. Of course pressing the router > button should perform the action which is to take you to that location where > the link points. Bringing up a menu would sort of defeat the purpose. If the > link took you to an external site that would make sense, but in this case > these are links that are internal to the book itself and take you to a > specific page, chapter, etc. > So, maybe all this will be addressed in iOS 6. :) > > On Sep 11, 2012, at 6:17 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Find the link with your braille display and press one of the router >> buttons under it to get VO highlighted on it. Perform the double-tap and >> hold gesture on the display. Double-tap and hold activates the pass >> through gesture on whatever VO is highlighted on. Pass through gesture >> cannot 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 Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> David, >>> >>> The links at least in my case should take you to a specific point in the >>> book. So, if that is how one would access the link then that would be a >>> problem when using a Braille display. >>> So, we may be talking two separate issues here. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> On Sep 11, 2012, at 3:50 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> 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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