Hello Annie, Storyist has been updated and works very well for me, via VoiceOver on Mountain Lion.
If you have any questions on how to use it, write me off-list and I will be happy to assist you. Mark -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Annie Skov Nielsen Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 8:03 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Wonderfully VoiceOver Accessible eBook Creator and a Shameless Plug for my new Book Now Available in the iTunes Store Hi. I tried the app for my mac once a year ago, and it does not work verry well for me. I wonder has the mac app been updated. I also see that the app has been removed from the mac app store. Best regards Annie. Den Jan 15, 2013 kl. 7:09 AM skrev Mauricio Almeida <mauriciopmalme...@gmail.com>: > hi mark, > > Thank you for sharing this with us, I will definitely take a look on both the app and your book. > > Mauricio > On Jan 14, 2013, at 7:54 PM, "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> I use a wonderfully VoiceOver accessible eBook creator called >> Storyist, on my Mac. The developer has taken every consideration >> into account with regard to blind and low vision users. >> >> The thing I like most is that Storyist, assuming that you have used >> heading levels in your document, will generate a table of contents. >> If your document does not have headings, you can add headings from within Storyist. >> >> >> The direct URL for the Storyist website is http://storyist.com >> >> Now for my shameless plug: >> >> I am delighted to let you know that my latest novel entitled "The >> Dream Factory", has just been published. Just so you know, I write >> under the pseudonym of Mark Marcus. >> >> The website for the book, which includes an audio reading sample, a >> preview of the text, and purchasing options is located at: >> http://candleshorepublishing.com/dreamfactory >> >> The book may be downloaded directly to any Apple device, the Kindle, >> or purchased from Amazon.com in paperback form. >> >> The cost of the eBook version is $2.99 and the paperback version is $5.99. >> >> This book is intended for general audiences ages 17 and up. There is >> no "adult" content. >> >> The following link will play a short audio introduction to the book: >> http://candleshorepublishing.com/dreamfactory/bookdemo/DreamFactoryIn >> troComm >> ercial.mp3 >> >> To go directly to the book in the iTunes Store, click the following >> link on any computer or from within an Apple device:: >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-dream-factory/id591504963?mt=11 >> >> After my signature, I will paste in the book preface and a short >> preview chapter. >> >> >> Thank you all for your support. >> >> Most Sincerely, >> >> Mark >> >> BOOK PREFACE: >> Welcome to the Dream Factory, a warm, cozy, and extremely lovely >> place where only the most visceral nightmares and pleasure-driven >> musings of its residents are mercilessly extracted and sold for the pure enjoyment of >> others. >> >> Step cautiously as you explore the dimly lighted, extremely narrow, >> and virtually suffocating hallways as groans, screams, moans, and >> indefinable exclamations of unnamed perpetrators, innocent >> bystanders, and unlikely victims, escape from behind coffin lid >> doors, reach into the very depths of your soul, lace icy cold fingers >> around the heart of your sanity and begin to squeeze. >> >> In this, the second tale from the mind of Mark Marcus, we are taken >> on a highly selective and undeniably insightful excursion into the >> unplumbed dark regions of the human psyche as it tears itself apart >> separating and exposing the raw untamed fury inside from the barely >> contained and seemingly unmarred and untouched flawlessly veneered outside. >> >> This book will appeal to all those who have ever screamed themselves >> awake, in the midnight hour, only to discover that the true >> nightmare, from which there is no escape, has only just begun. >> >> BOOK PREVIEW: >> CHAPTER NINE >> >> A: >> What is your first name? >> >> P: >> What? >> >> A: >> I said, what is your first name? >> >> P: >> What a silly question. You know my first name. >> >> (The discharge administrator looks at the woman seated in front of >> her, >> sternly.) >> >> A: >> I know I told you that nothing you say can or will be used against >> you but if you don't answer my questions I cannot approve your >> release. Do you understand? >> >> P (somewhat alarmed): >> Yes. I understand. >> >> (The discharge administrator returns her gaze to the paperwork on the >> table.) >> >> A: >> So, let's start again. First name? >> >> (The woman seated across from the discharge administrator opens her >> mouth to speak and then closes it slowly.) >> >> P: >> I'm not sure. >> >> (Tears fill her eyes and she raises her hands to wipe them away.) >> >> A (not looking up): >> That's okay. Just sit and think for a moment. It should come to >> you. If not, we won't worry about it. >> >> (The patient is visibly relieved.) >> >> A: >> Next question, age? >> >> P: >> I'm thirty-seven, yes, I am thirty-seven years old. >> >> A: >> Date of birth? >> >> P: >> It's--it's in February. I can't remember. I think it's February 6 >> but I'm not sure. >> >> A: >> Favorite color? >> >> P: >> I don't have one. At least, if I did, I don't anymore. >> >> A: >> What is your last name? >> >> P: >> Jax. My last name is Jax. >> >> A: >> First name? >> >> P: >> I don't know. >> >> A: >> Where were you born? >> >> P: >> Louisville, Kentucky. >> >> A: >> What is good? >> >> P: >> Pardon me? >> >> A: >> I said, what is good? >> >> P (with a look of confusion): >> I don't know how to answer that. I don't know what you mean. What is good? >> Am I to give you a definition? >> >> A: >> You may answer in any way you wish, Miss Jax, anyway at all. >> >> (The patient raises her head as if in some kind of unspoken >> defiance.) >> >> P: >> Getting out of this place is good. Good is anything that doesn't >> have to do with the Dream Factory. Is that an honest enough answer for you? >> >> (A slightly hysterical giggle escapes the patient, at this.) >> >> (The discharge administrator, raising her eyebrows ever so slightly, >> continues.) >> >> A: >> What is bad? >> >> P: >> Bad is not being able to recall my own first name. Bad is realizing >> that what feels like three years has only been three weeks. Bad is >> never wanting to close my eyes, in order to sleep, again. That's bad. >> >> A (with no hesitation): >> Marital status? >> >> P: >> I'm, uh. I'm married, I think. I am married. >> >> (The discharge administrator looks up and stares at the woman seated >> across from her, patiently.) >> >> P: >> What? I'm married. Aren't I married? >> >> (The administrator returns her gaze to the paperwork.) >> >> A: >> Children? >> >> P: >> None. >> >> A: >> First name? >> >> P: >> I don't know, I still can't recall it, not yet. >> >> A: >> Where were you-- >> >> P: >> Wait. Am I married? Is this a dream? Oh god. Is this another dream? >> >> A: >> This is not a dream. You are very much awake. >> >> P (with a touch of panic in her voice): >> How do I know you're telling me the truth? Oh God. How can I tell? >> I don't know what's going on. Why are you asking me these questions? >> >> (Lowering her head, she begins sobbing uncontrollably.) >> >> A: >> Where were you born? >> >> P: >> I was born in Louisville, Kentucky. >> >> A: >> First name? >> >> P: >> I don't know. I wish you'd stop asking me that. >> >> A: >> Marital status? >> >> P: >> I'm married. Wait, I'm, I'm a widow. My husband is dead. I'm a widow. >> >> A: >> Date of husband's death? >> >> (The patient slowly gathers herself and looks at the discharge >> administrator.) >> >> P: >> Uh, he's been dead for a little while now. He died a month or so >> ago, right? Yes, I'm a widow and my husband is dead. >> >> A: >> Cause of death? >> >> P (speaking in a low voice that almost escapes the administrator, she >> responds very slowly with): >> I killed him. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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