Re: Best ebook reader app and question about ibooks.

2018-04-15 Thread Andrew Lamanche
I think o > once you interact with the text of a page in iBooks, you invoke the select > text feature by pressing vo+enter key. Then continuing to use vo+arrow keys, > you start selecting text. You should hear a kind of wooshing sound as you > select each word or letter. Then once you’ve selecte

Re: Best ebook reader app and question about ibooks.

2018-04-15 Thread Harry Bell
Oh, please could you explain how to do what you refer to as the “VO-Return method”? I’d really like to be able to use this! Thanks Harry > On 15 Apr 2018, at 18:07, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Andrew, > > You can copy text in iBooks on the Mac using the VO-Return method. > Cheers, > > Ann

Re: Best ebook reader app and question about ibooks.

2018-04-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andrew, You can copy text in iBooks on the Mac using the VO-Return method. Cheers, Anne > On 14 Apr 2018, at 21:57, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > & is it possible to copy text in iBooks for reference later on? >> On Apr 14, 2018, at 8:36 PM, Brian Howerton wrote: >> >> On a related note

Re: Best ebook reader app and question about ibooks.

2018-04-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Leo, I know of no way to get iBooks to read continuously on the Mac. I rarely use iBooks as I find it cumbersome and I buy my ebooks elsewhere. I use Adobe Digital Editions to read ebooks on my Mac, but you still have to press Right Arrow to turn the page. you can reduce the frequency of t

Re: Best ebook reader app and question about ibooks.

2018-04-14 Thread Andrew Lamanche
& is it possible to copy text in iBooks for reference later on? > On Apr 14, 2018, at 8:36 PM, Brian Howerton wrote: > > On a related note, for research purposes, how does ibooks on the mac do with > reading with a braille display connected, this is a particular for finding > source material wh

Re: Best ebook reader app and question about ibooks.

2018-04-14 Thread Brian Howerton
On a related note, for research purposes, how does ibooks on the mac do with reading with a braille display connected, this is a particular for finding source material when writing research papers like page numbers ET see. Thanks for any help Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 14, 2018, at 3:33 PM,

Best ebook reader app and question about ibooks.

2018-04-14 Thread Leo Bado
hi everyone, Leo here, a new mac user as I told you, using high sierra latest version and I got two questions: How do I do for reading contineously on ibooks? I mean without having to forward to tnext pages everytime? and secondly, is there a good accesible app to read ebooks in my macboo

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-13 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hi,, Thanks a lot for the IText Express recommendation. It reads Nook books well. I've tried with the free samples. I don't know anything about Kolbo, so can't say as to whether this app wil read them or not. The Nook app for the IOS devices is really nice, too. I'm excited by what this mea

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-13 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
really? so I can read kobo and nook books? on the mac? can't get the nook app in australia but I think it's possible to buy ebooks. God Bless! Maria from australia Newbie mac user. bubbygirl1...@gmail.com will get you fb as well as email & iMessage. skype same as email,without the gmail par

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-13 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
it's actually a nice little word processor too. nothing fancy but it is totally accessible and I kind of like the interface. God Bless! Maria from australia Newbie mac user. bubbygirl1...@gmail.com will get you fb as well as email & iMessage. skype same as email,without the gmail part. twit

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread John Panarese
That's because the iBooks are DRM protected. What they need to do is have a Mac version of iBooks. You can't open the epub files with Stanza or anything else because of the DRM. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Websit

iBooks on the mac (was EBook reader for Mac?)

2012-12-12 Thread Alex Hall
I once read an article that put forth a theory for this. Consider that a great deal of Apple's iBooks are textbooks, and that people who read books (text or not) often do it while out and about, or on the couch, or at the table, or other places that aren't in front of their computers. Now consid

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Scott Davert
Wait So if I want to read iBooks I've purchased for my iPhone on the Mac, I cannot do this? That seems a bit stupid on Apple's part. You would think they would want to make things you do work just as well with the Mac as with iDevices. Wow. That's a shame. Scott On 12/12/12, Cheryl Homiak wr

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Adobe Digital Editions is free. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 12, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Brianna Snyder wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sorry, I should have clarified. I didn't mean IBooks

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, Stanza seems to have reappeared on CNET. Here's a link: http://download.cnet.com/Stanza/3000-2056_4-198177.html The first heading on the page is "Stanza for Mac". VO-right once, and the download link will appear. It says "download now secure download". Stanza won't display Nook books, b

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hi, I'm sorry, I should have clarified. I didn't mean IBooks, I know that only the IOs IBOoks app can only do iBooks, and nothing else can. I want to give IText Express a try. Does that read Nook books? I'm thinking of making an account for that, since I found out that nook books are accessib

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. Another alternative to both stanza and Adobe is iText Express, free on the Mac App Store. I know that this app can read ePub formatted ebooks, but not books that you have purchased in iBooks it's self. I'm not sure what other formats it can read. Give it a try, its free. HTH. On 2012-12-12,

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, this is correct; I apologize if you were asking about iBooks. IBooks with an "i" and ebooks with an e don't sound the same on my computer but the one with an i does sound like ebooks with an e should sound. Guess i'll have to fix that in pronunciation. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Brianna, Adobe Digital Editions works for reading ebooks, but not iBooks, on the Mac. As far as I know, there is no way of reading iBooks on anything but an idevice. Adobe Digital Editions can read quite a number of DRM protected formats including Kobo and Nook. Cheers, Anne g On 12 De

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Adobe Digital Editions works on the Mac but it still doesn't automatically scroll pages which does slow things down some. If one really hates that, it is possible to copy and paste each page into an editor like Text Edit and then either turn it into audio or read with the editor. Just remember t

EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hi, I was wondering if there are any EBook readers for the Mac? I know that there used to be Stanza, but I heard that Stanza was broken. I'd just like to be able to read Ebooks on something other than the iDevices using either iBooks or Nook. Thanks for your help, Brianna -- You received

Re: Accessible ebook reader for Mac

2011-11-07 Thread Esther
gt;>>>> >>>>> On 6 Nov 2011, at 14:16, Nektarios Mallas wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Anne. >>>>>> How do you actually read something with this program? >>>>>> I downloaded and installed it, but as so

Re: Accessible ebook reader for Mac

2011-11-07 Thread Francisco Salvador Crespo
crashes on me. >>>>> Am I doing something wrong? >>>>> >>>>> Nektarios. >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 6, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Francisco, >>>>>> >>>

Re: Accessible ebook reader for Mac

2011-11-07 Thread Vítor Oliveira
; On Nov 6, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Francisco, >>>>> >>>>> I use Adobe Digital Editions Preview to read ebooks on my Mac. It can >>>>> read some protected books such as those from Kobo and it

Re: Accessible ebook reader for Mac

2011-11-06 Thread Nektarios Mallas
an read >>>> some protected books such as those from Kobo and it's free. >>>> >>>> Here's the download link: >>>> <http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/digitaleditions1-8/digitaleditions1-8_p1_mac_071811.zip> >>>> >

Re: Accessible ebook reader for Mac

2011-11-06 Thread Esther
t;>> I use Adobe Digital Editions Preview to read ebooks on my Mac. It can read >>> some protected books such as those from Kobo and it's free. >>> >>> Here's the download link: >>> <http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/digitaleditions1-8/

Re: Accessible ebook reader for Mac

2011-11-06 Thread Anne Robertson
can read >> some protected books such as those from Kobo and it's free. >> >> Here's the download link: >> <http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/digitaleditions1-8/digitaleditions1-8_p1_mac_071811.zip> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne &

Re: Accessible ebook reader for Mac

2011-11-06 Thread Nektarios Mallas
> > Cheers, > > Anne > > On 6 Nov 2011, at 02:27, Francisco Salvador Crespo wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Can you suggest me an epub ebook reader for Mac? >> >> Regards, >> >> Francisco >> >> -- >> You received t

Re: Accessible ebook reader for Mac

2011-11-06 Thread Anne Robertson
heers, Anne On 6 Nov 2011, at 02:27, Francisco Salvador Crespo wrote: > Hi, > > Can you suggest me an epub ebook reader for Mac? > > Regards, > > Francisco > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisi

Accessible ebook reader for Mac

2011-11-05 Thread Francisco Salvador Crespo
Hi, Can you suggest me an epub ebook reader for Mac? Regards, Francisco -- 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, sen

Re: EBook reader

2010-05-18 Thread Olivia Norman
Hi Edward: There are actually two kinds of books out there. One is an audio book, and the other is an eBook you can buy for the iPad from the iTunes iBook store. the iBooks are read using the iPad's voice, and are accessible with VO, while the audio books are actually audio books, read using h

Re: EBook reader

2010-05-18 Thread Gary Readfern-Gray
Hi Edward , The books you buy through Itunes are to my knowledge are audio books from audible. They get put in your audio books folder and cannot be read by Alex but are usually broken into chapters. Hth Gary On 5/18/10, Edward wrote: > Hello all, > > I am somewhat confused. How does one tak

EBook reader

2010-05-17 Thread Edward
Hello all, I am somewhat confused. How does one take a book that was bought in iTunes and turn it into mp3 to play on the iphone? I would like the Alex voice to read the book. Also can I have the book automatically broken up into chapters? Thanks Edward -- You received this message because

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread Søren Jensen
eblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den May 10, 2010 kl. 8:47 PM skrev Esther: > Hi All, > > Here's an alternative, promising eBook reader for books in ePub format > without DRM: Ibis Reader. It works with VoiceOver on the iPhone, iPod Touch, > and iPad, and al

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread Esther
Hi, Just a quick addition: In Ibis reader Voice Over reads through a chapter, but the first page doesn't update. However, if you want to move to a later page in that chapter, you could toggle VoiceOver off, and simply tap the right side of the screen the number of pages you wanted to mov

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread Esther
On May 10, 2010, at 1:57 PM, marie Howarth wrote: Thanks for this info Ester. On 10 May 2010, at 19:47, Esther wrote: Hi All, Here's an alternative, promising eBook reader for books in ePub format without DRM: Ibis Reader. It works with VoiceOver on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, a

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread Hai Nguyen
PM, marie Howarth wrote: > Thanks for this info Ester. > > On 10 May 2010, at 19:47, Esther wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Here's an alternative, promising eBook reader for books in ePub format >> without DRM: Ibis Reader. It works with VoiceOver on the iPhone, i

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread marie Howarth
Thanks for this info Ester. On 10 May 2010, at 19:47, Esther wrote: > Hi All, > > Here's an alternative, promising eBook reader for books in ePub format > without DRM: Ibis Reader. It works with VoiceOver on the iPhone, iPod Touch, > and iPad, and allows bookmarking but h

Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread Esther
Hi All, Here's an alternative, promising eBook reader for books in ePub format without DRM: Ibis Reader. It works with VoiceOver on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, and allows bookmarking but has some odd features in terms of navigation. You can read DRM-free ePub books either on

Re: Stanza EBook reader

2009-08-27 Thread John JD Denning
I have the >>> latest >>> iPhone manual from David Pogue and it opens in Stanza. It appears >>> as though >>> most words are divided by spaces, making reading very tedious and >>> uncomfortable. Have you had a different result? >>> >>> Sarah C

Re: Stanza EBook reader

2009-08-27 Thread Esther
t; latest >> iPhone manual from David Pogue and it opens in Stanza. It appears >> as though >> most words are divided by spaces, making reading very tedious and >> uncomfortable. Have you had a different result? >> >> Sarah Cranston >> >> To join the Bli