i notice on the app you can not set the narration speed of iTunes books only those from audible. the iTunes books are it seems set in the music app On 9 Mar 2013, at 13:08, "Robin Frost" <robinn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > thanks for telling us about this. I still find it annoying to have to jump > through such a hoop to accomplish that which we formerly could do with > Voiceover enabled and did communicate that to them in a very respectful but > firm manner. > thanks for the tip though. > Robin > > > From: Cara Quinn > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 2:47 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Audible app update 2.1 has arrived > > The jump forward feature exists when you use the button-free mode by turning > off VO and doing a single finger swipe upward while listening to a book. > > In this screen you can do a left swipe (or flick) to go backward and a right > swipe (or flick) to go forward. Doing a single tap anywhere on the screen > will start / pause the audio and doing a vertical (up or down) flick will set > a bookmark. > > To exit this mode, you can turn VO back on and you will find a 'Close' button > in the top left corner of the screen. Double tapping this will bring you back > to the normal play view. > > YOu can find out all about this, and more, in the user guide in 'Settings.' > > HTH and have a lovely evening / weekend!… > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > Follow me on Twitter! > > https://twitter.com/ModelCara > > On Mar 8, 2013, at 6:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hi Arnold, > > You can actually find out what chapter is playing by double tapping on the > time elapsed counter. Then flick left or right a bit and it will show you the > chapter, but the readout will go away again after a while. > > I asked one of my employees to look at the Chapter and Bookmarks page. I was > playing an audio book at the time and she said the currently playing chapter > was highlighted and I am pretty sure the app could be programmed so that > Voiceover would say something like “Selected” or “Currently Playing” before > it reads out the chapter and time. This would be a big improvement in my view > and I’ll definitely write to Audible again tonight to emphasize this. > > As far as a Jump Forward button is concerned, it does not exist. I am not > sure why they would talk about it, but it’s definitely not there whether you > use Voiceover or not. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Arnold Schmidt > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 4:02 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Audible app update 2.1 has arrived > > It is a crude work around, but one way you can tell what chapter you are > currently playing is to set a book mark, then select the book marks button in > the chapters and book marks, and go to that book mark. It will tell you what > chapter you are in. > > And another feature I wish VoiceOver could access in the new audible app, (I > hope it is simply that I don't know how to access it), is a jump forward > button. I know it exists, for it talks about jump forward and back in the > settings, I just think VoiceOver isn't finding it. > > Arnold Schmidt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 2:13 PM > Subject: RE: Audible app update 2.1 has arrived > > Hi Robin, > > Yes, I agree, as far as I am concerned I see absolutely no improvements with > this Audible update except that they added an 8 minute sleep timer. > > I really would like them to upgrade their sleep timer so you can set the time > simply as a custom time and also that there is a subtle warning 10 or 20 > seconds before the timer runs out and an easy way to reset it if you are stil > l awak and hear the warning. The sleep timer app “iTired” does this > beautifully, but unfortunately you can’t use it with third-party apps, only > the native music app. > > Another big thing I would like to see fixed is the fact that there is no > indication in the Chapters and Bookmarks area which chapter is currently > playing. If Voiceover said “Now Playinbg” or “Selected” or whatever when you > come across the chapter that is playing at the time it would make it much > easier to find your chapter and either double tap on the one before or the > one after. > > I will write to Audible again with these suggestions and hope as many as > possible join me in this. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Robin Frost > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 5:09 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Audible app update 2.1 has arrived > > Hi, > the good news is there’s an update. the bad news the two glaring > accessibility issues I noted personally in version 2.0 still remain that is > unless I’m just stuck on stupid and am missing something. > In version 2.1 I still can’t get the 2 finger gesture to activate back > buttons. and I still can’t fathom for the life of me why it is that the time > elapsed indicator allows you to change its value by 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