Hello Teresa! I did not realize this part, however, choosing the books still remains to be a problem. At least in my case, VoiceOver does not announce the names of the book samples, books or PDF documents stored in my library. Is this the experience you have?
On Friday, December 27, 2013 1:08:16 PM UTC-8, Teresa Cochran wrote: > > Hi, vic and andrew, > > Actually iBooks is accessible with VO on the mac. Each chapter has its own > html content area, and once you interact with it, you can read using a > Braille display. Unfortunately, you can't use the keyboard shortcuts to go > to the next chapter in a predictable way. Going through the menu works > well. sometimes more than one chapter appears on the screen, with various > html content areas, which you have to interact with. It's not as intuitive > as it could be, but it is doable, and I've read several books this way. > > Also, iBooks aren't synced with itunes anymore. They're synced with iBooks > on the device and the computer. you can set the sync options up in iTunes, > and make sure you sync books to your device, but once you do this, you'll > have to go through iBooks on the computer. If the books are being synced, > they'll simply show up in your iBooks library screen. > > Hth, > Teresa > > Wishing everyone a joyous holiday season and a happy New Year! > > On Thu, 26 Dec 2013, Vic wrote: > > > Andrew,Unfortunately, not at this point. > > As things stand, iBooks 1.0x is not accessible with VoiceOver. We are > all hoping the situation will change soon as Apple is keenly aware of the > fact. > > > > Hope this helps. > > Vic > > > > > > > > On Monday, December 23, 2013 7:09:56 AM UTC-8, Andrew wrote: > > Listers, > > > > I have a usb braille display, focus 40 which I connect to my > macbook air. It�s quite old - I bought it in 2004. I was wondering > whether it would be possible to read iBooks I purchase from iBooks store > via > > iTunes using this Braille display. If so, how would I go about it? > I know I can�t use it with the iPad or iPhone because it has no > bluetooth. But I wonder whether I could use it to read iBooks on my macbook > > air. Also, I�ve been trying to locate my iBooks on the hard > drive. I can�t find the folder where they would have been stored. I know > that music and audiobooks are stored in the iTunes media folder but my > > iBooks are not there. Any ideas? > > > > Thanks for any tips. > > > > Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
