No, Kendall has a broader selection. So, if I can only find the book on Kindle, I buy it there. But if I have a choice, I always buy on Apple Books. Cheers, Donna
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 19, 2021, at 11:24 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Is Apple iBooks have the same types of reading materials as Amazon Kindle > Store? In other words, when searching for books, did you find the same titles > in both stores? > > From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2021 12:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to Choose a > Mac as a Blind Student > > The thing I hate about Kindle books is that they strip all the formatting > out. So, there are no paragraphs or headings or anything, everything just > displays like one big long string of text. That drives me crazy! Apple > iBooks has made lots of money off me, just because the reading experience in > braille is so much better. > Cheers, > Donna > > > > On Sep 19, 2021, at 10:21 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks. > Kindle is a great source for books, and I really wish they could be read on > the Mac with VoiceOver. > > From: 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2021 11:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FW: [tech-vi Announce List] From iPhone Arena :5 Reasons to > Choose a Mac as a Blind Student > > > On 17/9/21 05:08, [email protected] wrote: > The only problem I see with this analysis is lack of support for the Kindle > eReader and OCR out of the box but the iPhone can take care of that. > Also, as a person who works in a job that significantly involves writing > scholarship for publication, I've never needed Kindle. Others may be in a > different position; I'm simply noting that, for academic purposes, there are > usually other sources. > As for OCR, ABBYY FineReader for Mac should be investigated. > Is it possible to use Learning Ally materials on an iPhone? > On iPhone or Mac, yes, as far as I can recall. > > > What about unzipping Bookshare books or transferring NLS materials to a > Victor Reader Stream? > Yes to the former. I don't have a Victor Reader Stream, so can't comment. 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